unwanted prefetch program

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A program called "penis.exe" (annoyingly) installed itself on my computer some time ago.
I want to get rid of it but when I try to delete it access is denied. The error message says either the disk is write-protected or else the software is running. I would like to try to kill the task to see if that would allow me to delete this program.
I looked in help and support but only found references to a kill utility for Windows 2000 servers. I tried typing "kill" as a command line under "run" but that command was not recognized.

Right now I don't have restrictions set up for users on my laptop, for what that's worth.
 
Hi sherimed,

A program called "penis.exe" (annoyingly) installed itself on my computer some time ago.
I want to get rid of it but when I try to delete it access is denied. The error message says either the disk is write-protected or else the software is running. I would like to try to kill the task to see if that would allow me to delete this program.
I looked in help and support but only found references to a kill utility for Windows 2000 servers. I tried typing "kill" as a command line under "run" but that command was not recognized.

Right now I don't have restrictions set up for users on my laptop, for what that's worth.
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Open a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd), change to the directory of
the troublesome files (cd directory_name), open
task manager and from it close windows explorer.

Now delete the files from the command prompt using del
name_of_file.extension

Go to task manager, and in 'New Task' enter explorer.exe.

Or

Go to Kelly's site:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

and scroll down to line 39, right column: 'Delete an undeletable file
on Windows XP.'

Good luck
 
It's taskkill. Type in Start Run CMD
then
tasklist
taskkill /f /t /pid <a number from tasklist>

This is only on Pro.
 
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