I wanted to download a one gigabyte demo yesterday. I cancelled the download and forgot to delete whatever was left of it. When I try to delete it now, it waits and claims this file is being used by another process. The file (an executable) is FAR from finished downloading. It has reserved one gigabyte of space on my desktop though I practically cancelled the download the moment it started.
The file is not write protected. It most definitely not malware. I tried going to safemode, figuring I'd be able to delete it without system-level administrative restrictions. You can pretty much do anything in safemode, but I could NOT delete it from there. There are none other than critical processes running while in safemode. This is very unusual and leads me to believe I've stumbled on some kind of Windows XP bug.
What is going on here? I have a very small hard drive, only 40 GB. I'd like to be able to use what I have. Is there any other way to forcibly remove a file?
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
What if you boot up in command prompt safemode? Will that give the same result?
Does it still say (in safemode) that the file is being locked by another process?
Try to download http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysint ... lorer.mspx processexplorer, which allows you to search for filehandles in processes. Then you can try to search for your file to see if any process does indeed have a handle to it, in which case you can close said handle and try again.
There is a difference between safemode and the command prompt in safemode? I hadn't thought about that. Rebooting now.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
Using process explorer I can figure out it claims to be part of explorer.exe. But it will only show up in there after I try to delete it. If I kill explorer and use the Task Manager to locate and delete the file, I get the message the file is in use by a process. Thén it starts to appear listed under explorer.exe again
I'll try deleting it from safemode again.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
No luck. This shouldn't even be possible. I'm going to check the disk's integrity to see if there is some other problem and then I'm shelving the problem. This is where my Windows-fu falls short.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
Are you, by any chance, using a download manager (like Free Download Manager)? If you are, you should delete it from the download manager itself to remove any traces of the file.
''They say truth is the first casualty of war. But who defines what's true? Truth is just a matter of perspective. The duty of every soldier is to protect the innocent, and sometimes that means preserving the lie of good and evil, that war isn't just natural selection played out on a grand scale. The only truth I found is that the world we live in is a giant tinderbox. All it takes...is someone to light the match" - Captain Price
DesR85 wrote:Are you, by any chance, using a download manager (like Free Download Manager)? If you are, you should delete it from the download manager itself to remove any traces of the file.
I used Bittorrent to download the C&C demo. It doesn´t leave cache in any place other than the eventual path of the file and doesn´t remain active in memory after closing down. Especially not in safe mode.
I won´t format my computer. It is mine, I bought it and I refuse to believe I can have anything less than absolute control over what happens inside. :fascist:
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
Go to your program files.
Find an exe. (Search folders until you find one.)
Copy it.
Paste and rename it in a different folder.
Drag it onto the desktop.
[url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/the-elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind-29/tel-uvirith-86692.html"]Uvirith Awakes[/url] - Please leave comments, all help is appreciated.
Tricky wrote:I used Bittorrent to download the C&C demo. It doesn´t leave cache in any place other than the eventual path of the file and doesn´t remain active in memory after closing down. Especially not in safe mode.
What kind of Bittorrent client are you using? I suggest deleting that program and see whether it is possible to remove that file. Hope it helps.
''They say truth is the first casualty of war. But who defines what's true? Truth is just a matter of perspective. The duty of every soldier is to protect the innocent, and sometimes that means preserving the lie of good and evil, that war isn't just natural selection played out on a grand scale. The only truth I found is that the world we live in is a giant tinderbox. All it takes...is someone to light the match" - Captain Price
The bittorrent program doesn't have anything to do with it. It's listed as an Explorer critical process, however incorrect that may be. Besides, it's not loaded in memory. And I can't overwrite the file because it's being protected on system level. That's not even accessible when you have an administrator level account.
Boot disks might help me strip down even more windows components from safemode. I just need access to the file system. Lowest possible level.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
Have you tried to check if it has virus in it? Viruses tend to have that affect on files... and as it's downloaded from Bittorrent, it could be more than possible...
"As we all know, holy men were born during Christmas...
Like mr. Holopainen over there!" - Marco Hietala, the bass player of Nightwish
Came out clean. But thanks for pointing that out. =/
#Edit: Checksum matches with the original from Fileplanet. Strangely enough I can overwrite the file on the desktop this time around. It's busy downloading now, I wonder what will happen.
[INDENT]'..tolerance when fog rolls in clouds unfold your selfless wings feathers that float from arabesque pillows I sold to be consumed by the snow white cold if only the plaster could hold withstand the flam[url="http://bit.ly/foT0XQ"]e[/url] then this fountain torch would know no shame and be outstripped only by the sun that burns with the glory and honor of your..'[/INDENT]
