George Knierim wrote:
> Thanks for the hints re the strange file. I am using Win2000Pro.
>
> I have been able to run scandisk in safe mode. I cannot format the disk
> even in safe mode. When I right click on the file and then select
> "Properties" nothing happens. The properties are not displayed.
>
> The disk is an old 40 GB unit that I am giving away and I wanted to insure
> that my files are not accessible.
>
> George in Texas
>
>
Try running command line attrib -R [drive:][path][filename]. Then you
should be able to delete it. Of course it would be nice to know what
the file is, first, as it might not be something malicious and maybe
even important. Also, if you have another PC, you could try using a
bootdisk to remove this file, as it is either write-only or being
accessed by another process. Also, google process explorer. This will
let you know what processes are in use as well as any DLLs, OCXs, etc.,
that the process is using. Of course, then you'd have to go through
each process before you find the right one. The other option would be
to use you're taskmanager (while not connected to internet) and
systematically terminate one process after another until you can do
something to this file. Windows might crash a few times during this
process and would need to reboot, but you might get lucky and find
whatever process is calling on this file. Hope this helps. Good luck.
--
William
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If it still don't work, kick it.
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