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Offline gedazz

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I cannot delete some files
« on: February 04, 2008, 08:23:04 am »
Ok, here goes a little problem. I was downloading two files with Firefox and then canceled the download. Now there are two files on my desktop that I can't delete!
Here are the files:

Here's what I get when I try to delete them:

And here are processes running on my computer:
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Usually it helps to close a running process through Ctrl+Alt+Del menu. I've tried this but it doesn't work.
Is there any way to remove these files from my computer? Thanks in advance ;)
« Last Edit: February 04, 2008, 08:35:49 am by gedazz »

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Re: I cannot delete files
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2008, 08:32:22 am »
Close firefox, then try

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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2008, 08:37:29 am »
Close firefox, then try
Tried that already. Removed files from download history, closed Firefox, closed every running programs (except the ones related to the system) but it still won't delete.

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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2008, 09:00:38 am »
You should try to restart your computer and delete the files before opening firefox. When I used the ff I had same problem and I just hide those files (were on desktop so they would take important place) and after some time I've just deleted 'em.

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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2008, 09:07:10 am »
You should try to restart your computer and delete the files before opening firefox. When I used the ff I had same problem and I just hide those files (were on desktop so they would take important place) and after some time I've just deleted 'em.
Ah! It worked ;D The annoying files are gone. Thanks a lot, PaFel! ;D

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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2008, 10:39:54 am »
Also, there's a program called 'unlocker' that you can use on files like that to make them deletable.
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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2008, 10:52:00 am »
Also, there's a program called 'unlocker' that you can use on files like that to make them deletable.
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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2008, 12:51:39 pm »
Sometimes windows forgets that you closed any software that may have been related to or using the file.
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Re: I cannot delete some files
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2008, 01:07:12 pm »
Oh, and something come to my mind now. If you don't wan't to restart your PC you can also try restarting the explorer.exe.