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I got a corrupted file, and it wont delete...

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HatchbackMustang

Junior Member
Its 0 bytes and its a game patch that didnt download right now says that it wont delete because it says its in use, but it is really not.



Anyone know what to do? 😕
 
Try deleting it while in Safe Mode. LMK if that doesn't do the trick, there's a further step that can help in that case.
 
What OS? If Win 98, you can boot to the DOS prompt and use DELTREE to delete almost anything. I don't know if it will work in XP.

You can also try setting the attributes so it isn't a System or Read Only file before trying to delete it. Command line:

ATTRIB -R -S <file name>
 
Ok, next do this:

1) Start > Run > cmd opens a command-line box.

2) in the box, type cd \ to reach the root of C:, then use the cd command to go to C:\Documents and Settings\youraccount'sname\Desktop (I assume it's on your desktop?)

3) get Task Manager open, and kill off explorer.exe. Your Start button and taskbar should vanish.

4) now use the command-line box to delete the file using the del filename.exe command.


Hope that helps 🙂 Welcome to the Forums, by the way 🙂
 
Umm... I didn't know you could get online in Safe Mode. Try working on it from the command line. You'll have to know which directory (folder) the file is in. To get there:

Start - Run - CMD.

Command:

CD\<full path name>

Command (per above):

ATTRIB -R -S <file name> <Enter> (removes Read Only and System attributes)

DELTREE/Y <file name> <Enter> (nukes the nasty little ah heck)

To see if the file was deleted, type:

DIR <file name> <Enter>

< update >

Looks like mechBgon posted almost exactly the same thing as I was posting. DELTREE may be a better choice than DEL only because it will work on most System and Read Only files without any hassle. 🙂
 
If this was caused by FireFox fumbling a download, which is where I originally learned the kill-off-Explorer trick, then setting it to download to someplace other than your desktop may help. Or use IE. 😉
 
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