If memory serves me its a windows file and because windows is running, its caused it to be in use, try booting into safe mode and running the patch from there, or fixing the dll, if not you may have to replace the dll from in dos, not a dos prompt in windows, but from dos itself Darryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Robey" > Well here I am, the queen of errors, back again with yet another problem. My PSP has lost a few of it's common functions. Went to PSP trouble shooting & found the answer was in a simple remove a file & download a patch. Two hours on line downloading this patch and the install was aborted with this message: > > file C:windows\system\msvcp60.dll is in use & cannot be installed. Please exit all other applications & retry. > > Well nothing to my knowledge was running but I used EndItAll & tried again. Of course I got the same message. It was suggested that I needed to replace the dll. > Went on line, found the dll, went to put it in, still EndItAll was active, and this is the message I received: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process cannot create c:\windows\system\msvcp60.dll > > OK...who is using it? How can I get it to give it up? More importantly how can I install this dll? > > Please help, my hair is falling out by the handfuls! To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/