Popcorned1 Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 King Mustard, were you using any anti virus programs? NOD32? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 King Mustard, were you using any anti virus programs? NOD32? Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamaxman Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I had such an error once... after I renamed the file and rebooted, I could delete it. Can't understand why they ignored your suggestion, always works for me as well. You can not delete a running process but as you stated you can indeed rename it. When one reboots whatever was using it for whatever reason can no longer find it after it is renamed and it can then be deleted. Good suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Can't understand why they ignored your suggestion, always works for me as well. You can not delete a running process but as you stated you can indeed rename it. When one reboots whatever was using it for whatever reason can no longer find it after it is renamed and it can then be deleted. Good suggestion. What? I replied to it - look above a few posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 actually, renaming should work...I just tried it on mine and it will let me rename it, on vista anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 actually, renaming should work...I just tried it on mine and it will let me rename it, on vista anyways I couldn't rename it as it was 'in use' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ba'al Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 I couldn't rename it as it was 'in use' That's a serious problem then... do you have an other OS installed which you could use? If not you could try booting into Safe Mode, or you could try using the Recovery Console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamaxman Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Yes I read your post. You must of did something wrong or just didn't do it, because you can indeed rename a file that is in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 King Mustard - Just out of interest, what did Unlocker say was using the file when you tried to delete it? Also, here's another handy tip. Occasionally, when you have this problem, try "Cutting" the file then deleting it. Someone mentioned doing that to me years ago. It doesn't work very often but I have seen it work on a couple of occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 That's a serious problem then... do you have an other OS installed which you could use?If not you could try booting into Safe Mode, or you could try using the Recovery Console. Read above a few posts, I fixed it by booting into a Ubuntu Live CD :) Yes I read your post. You must of did something wrong or just didn't do it, because you can indeed rename a file that is in use. How can I rename a file wrong? lol Christ. King Mustard - Just out of interest, what did Unlocker say was using the file when you tried to delete it?Also, here's another handy tip. Occasionally, when you have this problem, try "Cutting" the file then deleting it. Someone mentioned doing that to me years ago. It doesn't work very often but I have seen it work on a couple of occasions. It said it couldn't delete it and asked if I'd want it to be deleted on system start-up. It failed to remove it when the computer was restarted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Odd. Unlocker usually says which process is using it. Since it's an ISO, I'll guess it was the system process. Ho-hum, live, learn and move on to a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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