re: I cannot delete a file-so I can't uninstall a program!
Sunday, December 1, 2002 at 2:20 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by tom mcfadden
(1 messages posted)
just start computer in safe mode and delete in your winfile or explorer..in safe
mode
no programs can write to the disk which is why most programs cannot
be deleted....worked for me
On Thursday, November 7, 2002 at 5:54 pm, dad wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>file corruption problems:
>I'm hoping that this is not a file corruption problem. I'm trying to uninstall a
>Real Player program listed in my Install/Uninstall List. I see a progress bar to
>about 37% and then I get an uninstallation error saying: "could not delete the file
>C:\windows\system\RA3228_8.dll. The file is being used by another application.Please
>close all apps that use this file and try again." I had nothing else open or running
>or in my tray or even in the Close Program window except explorer at the time. What
>to do? BTW, I ran a QuickClean of my register to see if this file would appear in
>the list of registry files that would be "cleaned" from my register by QuickClean
>but it wasn't among the many files listed. Thanks for any help.
>
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