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lilaznviper
04-19-2009, 11:43 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/lilaznviper/wtf-2.jpg

its 0 bytes and it wont damn delete
tried safe mode no work
tried cmd del no work
tried to rename it no work
tried to copy over the file with another one no work

any other way?

illicitstylz
04-19-2009, 12:10 PM
change attributes to hidden? lol

Stevie P
04-19-2009, 12:35 PM
You could give Unlocker a shot.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

lilaznviper
04-19-2009, 01:35 PM
change attributes to hidden? lol

its still going to be on the hd

You could give Unlocker a shot.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

i'll give it a shot

Presto
04-19-2009, 01:37 PM
A cmd > chkdsk /f might work. It'll fix any file system anomalies, which will let you delete that file.

lilaznviper
04-19-2009, 01:38 PM
didnt work with check disk

way2quik
04-19-2009, 03:08 PM
I used Unlocker once, as Stevie P mentioned, forgot why though, but it worked when I had trouble deleting a file.

lilaznviper
04-19-2009, 03:47 PM
problem fixed... i used nod32 to quarantine the file then deleted it

thanks for the help!

ddr
04-19-2009, 05:18 PM
another tool to delete a file in use is hijackthis