-=PCTechTalk=- Re: The File That Won't Go Away!

  • From: "andy" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 11:14:10 +0100


----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda F. Johnson"
>
> Will Windows let you drag it to the recycle bin?

No, I just get the same messaage about it being in use by someone else or
another program. (BTW, I have shut down 'everything' that runs in the
background that I possibly can)
>
> If not, try thi
>
> Go to Start>Run and type cmd
>
> This will bring you to what looks like a dos box....at the C: prompt
> type:
>
> del "C:\path to file"
>
> Note the space after del and the quotes around the whole path

And I get the message that it can't process this because it is being used by
another application!!

Andy





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