file wont delete

geeza · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:01

I started downloading a game 'WiC_closedMPBeta.exe' yesterday and firefox crashed.

It now says its in use by another person or program. Ive tried ending tasks and closing them hijack this aswell and ive tried in safe mode to delete it.

Anyone know how to remove it, its like its stuck downloading in firefox but it cant be stopped on the download list because its not there

Zefan · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:02

Only thing I can think of is reinstalling firefox and trying again.

Or just manually clearing your cache etc.

z0mbi3 · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:05

use a dos boot disc or a linux live disc to delete the offending file.

I'm assuming it's not letting you do it from the command prompt?

Dr_Evil · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:06

you need a file unlocker...

geeza · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:07

z0mbi3 said:
use a dos boot disc or a linux live disc to delete the offending file.

I'm assuming it's not letting you do it from the command prompt?

how do you use command prompt to delete it?

Ive tried clearing all cache, cookings n stuff in firefox

Clark Nova · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:21

geeza said:
how do you use command prompt to delete it?

Ive tried clearing all cache, cookings n stuff in firefox

As the good Dr. suggests, you should try a file unlocker. Another process is using the file so it cannot be deleted. A file unlocker will tell you what is using the file so you can kill it.

Try this one:

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Pinter75 · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:21

Dr_Evil said:
you need a file unlocker...

^ What he said, sometime usnig the command prompt won't work.

Edt, my link was the same, proves we can both use Google :-)

tedaC · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:25

delete it in safe mode ?

Clark Nova · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:26

Pinter75 said:
^ What he said, sometime usnig the command prompt won't work.

Edt, my link was the same, proves we can both use Google

But I can use it faster

Zefan · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:30

tedaC said:
delete it in safe mode ?

Read the first post.

Tommy B · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:31

This reminds me of Windows Vista.

A mate phoned me up and said he couldn't delete a file on his new PC. After an hour on the internet it turns out Windows Vista has this ******* security feature that tries to anticipate hacker activity and thus doesn't let you delete files. How stupid!

geeza · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:32

thanks. ive tried the file unlocker and the process path is explorer.exe. I unlock all and it still wont delete. I take it thats because explorer is immediatley being restarted every time. I end the process and it restarted explorer and comes back on the process list when i try and delete the file

What can i do with this file now. Other than deleing explorer, which i woldnt be able to do anyway i dont think unless i booted from another drive, but then windows would be knackered

z0mbi3 · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:39

If you open up the command prompt and have the delete command all ready to go you might be able to ninja it before explorer restarts.

edit
start, run, cmd

Code:

del <insertfilepathhere>

As a last resort you could use the recovery console

geeza · 5 Jun 2007 at 11:50

z0mbi3 said:
If you open up the command prompt and have the delete command all ready to go you might be able to ninja it before explorer restarts.

edit
start, run, cmd

Code:

del <insertfilepathhere>

As a last resort you could use the recovery console

Cheers mate. The ninja trick worked small window with del WiC_closedMPBeta.exe and kill process box above it. Kill then return quickly sorted it.

gone now

z0mbi3 · 5 Jun 2007 at 13:25

geeza said:
Cheers mate.

Happy to help