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re: Question about 'How do I know if I can delete a specific file?'
Saturday, January 26, 2002 at 4:41 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Beecher Wood
(952 messages posted)
Click Start and Run in the box type CMD and hit enter. Now type attrib -r and the
name of your file, it would look like this...attrib -r myfile.exe. Hit enter. You
should be able to open or edit the file. If you can't delete it, put in your Win
2000 CD and boot from it. Start recovery console and type del and the name of your
file and hit enter. It should be gone. Take out the CD and boot normally. Good Luck.
On Saturday, January 26, 2002 at 10:57 am, Cliff Williams wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I know if I can delete a specific file?:
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>An .exe file was put onto my computer by an outside source through the internet,
>and now i can't delete it because it says it's being used by another program or
person.
>I have tried editing and deleting in dos, it says that it's a read-only file and
>can't be edited. I need to get this off my computer because i believe it's allowing
>others to access it.
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