File - unable to get rid of it!!!

Ok i got a random file (Dont remember where it came from) on my desktop in
WinXP Home Edition. The file name is: "CA2J05OP". I dont want this file. I
never created it. I can not do anything with it though. when deleting it i
get the following message: "cannot delete file: cannot read from the source
file or disk". If i do anything with the file i get that message. the file
has nothing in its source code. the size of it is 0 bytes. I could not get
rid of it in safe mode, msdos, knoppix or any other program. There is no sign
of it in the regeresty either. I can not hide the file or make any changes to
it - same error as above. Its just getting annoying. I called HP tech support
and thier answer was "take a screen shot of it...your probably the first with
this problem" and then "change your background so the file blends in". Please
help. Thank you

In news:9A770F4A-E1A9-417A-8967-8915184E7A4E@microsoft.com,
Stevipl had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Ok i got a random file (Dont remember where it came from) on my
> desktop in WinXP Home Edition. The file name is: "CA2J05OP". I dont
> want this file. I never created it. I can not do anything with it
> though. when deleting it i get the following message: "cannot delete
> file: cannot read from the source file or disk". If i do anything
> with the file i get that message. the file has nothing in its source
> code. the size of it is 0 bytes. I could not get rid of it in safe
> mode, msdos, knoppix or any other program. There is no sign of it in
> the regeresty either. I can not hide the file or make any changes to
> it - same error as above. Its just getting annoying. I called HP tech
> support and thier answer was "take a screen shot of it...your
> probably the first with this problem" and then "change your
> background so the file blends in". Please help. Thank you

Does it show up on other accounts?

MoveOnBoot:
http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html

If not then you can consider treating it like a corrupt profile which is a
lot simpler than what you may be facing...

Corrupt Profile:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/genera...pt_profile.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

download unlocker http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ this will allow u to
analyise see which process is using that file and also release the locked
process and delete it!

T.Umesh
www.windowsworkshop.com

"Stevipl" <Stevipl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A770F4A-E1A9-417A-8967-8915184E7A4E@microsoft.com...
> Ok i got a random file (Dont remember where it came from) on my desktop in
> WinXP Home Edition. The file name is: "CA2J05OP". I dont want this file. I
> never created it. I can not do anything with it though. when deleting it i
> get the following message: "cannot delete file: cannot read from the
> source
> file or disk". If i do anything with the file i get that message. the file
> has nothing in its source code. the size of it is 0 bytes. I could not get
> rid of it in safe mode, msdos, knoppix or any other program. There is no
> sign
> of it in the regeresty either. I can not hide the file or make any changes
> to
> it - same error as above. Its just getting annoying. I called HP tech
> support
> and thier answer was "take a screen shot of it...your probably the first
> with
> this problem" and then "change your background so the file blends in".
> Please
> help. Thank you

I would like to know if the person was ever able to get rid of the
pesky file. I also have a file that I do not know where it came from,
and get the same error messages as listed below, and have tried every
angle I could think of, including several software programs that
supposedly would delete any file. I may try the 'corrupt profile'
fix, but am leary about trying that angle.

Please let me know if anyone found a good fix. Thanks

dcz
denchaz@charter.net

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:35:30 -0400, "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In news:9A770F4A-E1A9-417A-8967-8915184E7A4E@microsoft.com,
>Stevipl had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Ok i got a random file (Dont remember where it came from) on my
>> desktop in WinXP Home Edition. The file name is: "CA2J05OP". I dont
>> want this file. I never created it. I can not do anything with it
>> though. when deleting it i get the following message: "cannot delete
>> file: cannot read from the source file or disk". If i do anything
>> with the file i get that message. the file has nothing in its source
>> code. the size of it is 0 bytes. I could not get rid of it in safe
>> mode, msdos, knoppix or any other program. There is no sign of it in
>> the regeresty either. I can not hide the file or make any changes to
>> it - same error as above. Its just getting annoying. I called HP tech
>> support and thier answer was "take a screen shot of it...your
>> probably the first with this problem" and then "change your
>> background so the file blends in". Please help. Thank you
>
>Does it show up on other accounts?
>
>MoveOnBoot:
>http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html
>
>If not then you can consider treating it like a corrupt profile which is a
>lot simpler than what you may be facing...
>
>Corrupt Profile:
>http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/genera...pt_profile.html

In news:n14e42h73f168vr2e1vv4mhiupt242an5d@4ax.com,
dcz had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I would like to know if the person was ever able to get rid of the
> pesky file. I also have a file that I do not know where it came from,
> and get the same error messages as listed below, and have tried every
> angle I could think of, including several software programs that
> supposedly would delete any file. I may try the 'corrupt profile'
> fix, but am leary about trying that angle.
>
> Please let me know if anyone found a good fix. Thanks
>
> dcz
> denchaz@charter.net

Snipped but link included:

>> Corrupt Profile:
>> http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/genera...pt_profile.html

On some rare occasions it is actually due to a disk error that simply isn't
fixed normally so before you go ahead and try the corrupt profile link (I've
done the process there a GREAT number of times on many PCs belonging to
myself or clients and it is pretty painless - it only LOOKS complicated but
really it's a very short and easy process) you can take a look at a complete
check disk and defrag.

Take a gander here:

Chkdsk, the reality:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/chkdsk.html

As for defrag (after chkdsk) you should be able to figure that out on your
own.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes