Saturday, May 10, 2008

Delete an Undeletable File


Windows won’t let you delete a file
if it’s currently in use, which is usually
a good thing, but that can spell
bad news when trying to rid your
system of a nasty malware strain.
Luckily, there’s a workaround. Click
the Start menu, select Run, and
type CMD to bring up the Command
Prompt. Now hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to
open the Task Manager. Under the Processes tab, highlight explorer.exe and click End
Process. ALT-Tab your way to the Command Prompt and then navigate to the directory
of the fi le you’re trying to delete using the CD command (cd C:\Program
Files\3DSaver). Next, use the delete command to delete the offending fi le (del
3DSaver.exe). ALT-Tab back to the Task Manager, select New Task under File, and
type explorer.exe to bring back the Windows shell. Alternately, try Unlocker (free,
http://ccollomb.free.fr.unlocker/) and delete stubborn fi les through a svelte GUI.

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