File - unable to get rid of it!!!

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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 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
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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/general/corrupt_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
 
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
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In 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
(e-mail address removed)
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Snipped but link included:

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
 
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