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offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-09-23 08:56 [#00874730]
Points: 10000 Status: Addict



i hope anyone can help,

i was downloading this video from slsk, but before it had
finished downloading it, i got it elsewhere. so since i
didn't need it twice i deleted the file in the
transfer(d/l)-window in slsk, but i still have this
INCOMPLETE~blahblah.avi file in my My
Downloads
folder..

now, i want to delete it but it doesn't let me, i closed
down all programs and even rebooted the computer a couple of
times, but still it sais that the file is used by some
program. it sais "close all programs that might be using
this file and try again", or something like that (i got the
dutch winxp version)

what can i do? it takes up 0,5 Gb of my diskspace, which
annoys me.
normally i would go to DOSprompt and delete it there, but as
far as my knowledge reaches i'm kinda locked inside Winxp
and can't really close it and go to DOS mode

i'd really appreciate some help.


 

offline mc_303_beatz from Glasgow, Scotland on 2003-09-23 09:00 [#00874734]
Points: 3386 Status: Regular



have you tried Task Manager? Press CTRL ALT and DELETE and
see if it is running in there. If so, close it.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-09-23 09:02 [#00874736]
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Failing that open Sulseek and try downloading the same file
again, hopefully it will resume and unlock it.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-09-23 09:09 [#00874739]
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Delete in a command prompt window. I had the same problem.
That's how I got rid of it.


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-09-23 09:12 [#00874742]
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Make sure slsk is not running in the background. Terminate
all slsk related processes in the processes list
(Ctrl+Alt+Del)


 

offline xceque on 2003-09-23 09:21 [#00874749]
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You could try booting into safe mode and deleteing then.
Then boot normally.
If you have no luck I have this thing called NTFSDOS which
lets me boot into DOS from a floppy with the ability to read
NTFS. That will work.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-09-23 10:05 [#00874794]
Points: 10000 Status: Addict



yay!! thanks a lot guys,

i still don't know how but the combination of things
probably worked, i did run safe mode but still wasn't able
to delete it (not even in command prompt), now i'm back in
normal mode, and i tried for the last time in command prompt
and suddenly it worked ! :D
i've been trying this since yesterday, and all the time it
was moaning about 'no acces, still in use' and stuff , but
now it's done

damn computers ey :P
anyways, thanx for the support :)


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2003-09-23 10:05 [#00874798]
Points: 8603 Status: Lurker



may i ask which movie it was?


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-09-23 10:10 [#00874804]
Points: 10000 Status: Addict | Followup to cuntychuck: #00874798



sure: radiohead - meeting people is easy


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-09-23 10:21 [#00874818]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular



he didn't want to know what film it was, he just wanted to
know if he could ask. read the post properly next time.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-09-23 10:26 [#00874825]
Points: 10000 Status: Addict | Followup to earthleakage: #00874818



you're so right man,
hold on, i can't find the part in my post where i asked you
to act like a wise-ass here

damn.. ..it must be somewhere


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-09-23 10:30 [#00874828]
Points: 4653 Status: Regular



I think this is an dll-error in windows actually. I remember
downloading a dll-fix for this problem

dll = dynamic link library, innit?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-09-23 10:31 [#00874830]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular



rename the file then try to delete it


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-09-23 10:32 [#00874831]
Points: 10000 Status: Addict | Followup to earthleakage: #00874830



that didn't work either, but the problem's solved already


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-09-23 10:38 [#00874841]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to earthleakage: #00874830



read the post properly next time.. :P


 


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