Deleting Files

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Laura P

Would someone please help me with the following problem.

I get the followign message:

Cannot delete <FileName>: It is being used by another
person or program.
Close any program that might be using the file and try
again later.

No other user or program is using the folder. I have
restarted twice, but still get the same message. I am
using Windows XP Home, and have all the updates.

Where can I find what is locking this file?

Laura P
 
Did you try booting into "Safe Mode" and attempt to delete the file?

How to Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm


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| Would someone please help me with the following problem.
|
| I get the followign message:
|
| Cannot delete <FileName>: It is being used by another
| person or program.
| Close any program that might be using the file and try
| again later.
|
| No other user or program is using the folder. I have
| restarted twice, but still get the same message. I am
| using Windows XP Home, and have all the updates.
|
| Where can I find what is locking this file?
|
| Laura P
 
how do you know nothing is useing it? turn off ALL
services that you can, kill explorer and all processes
too. start a new task from taskmanager, type cmd, and use
dos to delete the file. It probably will at this point...
 
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