Program to force a file to get deleted...

[chocobaR]

Tried downloading the Eve-Online torrent with Azureus from the official website but there's hardly any seeds so I decided to cancel it. Now I'm not allowed to delete the .exe because it says it's already in use. Even with Azureus closed and a reboot, it still says the same thing.

Anyone got a program to force a file to get deleted?

Thanks.

 

[JasonSix78]

Did you try deleting it in Safe Mode?

-Jason

 

[KeithP]

You could give Unlocker a try.

-KeithP

 

[chocobaR]

Unlocker didn't help and I don't know how to reboot in safe mode in WinXP :s When I press F8, I get to a boot menu.

 

[Thyme]

Originally posted by: KeithP
You could give Unlocker a try.

-KeithP

Looks like a neat program. I'll have to give it a try when I get home.

 

[Thyme]

Originally posted by: chocobaR
Unlocker didn't help and I don't know how to reboot in safe mode in WinXP :s When I press F8, I get to a boot menu.

Start...run...msconfig and add the safemode flag to the boot.ini. (Remote it afterwards)
I find that's the easiest way when I can't remember a particular version's shortcut.

 

[chocobaR]

Unlocker and safe mode did not work

 

[Thyme]

Hmm. Try booting into the command prompt.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Go into the registry and remove references to the file.
Make sure that no processes are using the file.

Then try to reboot into safe mode.

Also, make sure that you are disconnected from the NET.

You may have to repeat the above couple of steps once or twice.

 

[KeithP]

Are you still having problems with this? Another program worth a shot is Move on Boot.

-KeithP

 

[bersl2]

Tee hee hee... silly Windows... mandatory file system locks are for kids!

 

[MX2]

Killbox

 

[stnicralisk]

DELTREE!

 

[sourceninja]

safe mode command line only. Not the GUI safemode. You can get to this usually by pressing F8 durring bootup. then you can del it.

 

[Bozono]

Originally posted by: KeithP
You could give Unlocker a try.

-KeithP

Very neat little app! Works quite well. Finally deleted some files that even MoveOnBoot wouldn't delete.:thumbsup:

 

[itachi]

try deleting it from the command prompt

start -> run -> cmd
go to the folder where the executable is.. and type 'del /F __name_of_executable__'

if that doesn't work, type

taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
del /F __name_of_executable__
explorer

and if that doesn't work.. then u can try deleting before startup.

 

[xtknight]

Your MFT (I think) could be corrupt. I suggest you do a checkdisk.

"In use" is a generic error message. It may not be in use at all.