Deleting Files Through DOS

Mossy Monk

i have a file on my desktop that wont delete. i cant move it. it is stuck. is there any DOS command that will allow me to delete it from the desktop?

Karoma

CD to the desktop, obviously..
del nameoffile.ext

angelofdeath

cd "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop" //changes directory to desktop
dir //list contents of desktop
del file.exe //deletes file.exe

jum4

When you try deleting it does it say the file is currenlty in use?

Mossy Monk

yes, it does

Karoma

Have you tried deleting it when in Safe Mode?

jum4

If deleting from cmd didn't work/

From the task manager kill all but vital processes, then try deleting. You could just reboot into safemode and then try it.

Mossy Monk

deleting in safemode deleted it just fine

thanks for your help lads

roamer

Mossy Monk wrote:

deleting in safemode deleted it just fine

thanks for your help lads

What kind of file was it anyway?

Karoma

nosey

Mossy Monk

roamer wrote:

What kind of file was it anyway?

if you must know an episode of family guy that was acting the bollocks. needed to be renamed from .exe to .avi but it wasnt having any of it

Karoma

...because the program used to download may still have been running (Perhaps in the background?)..?

J.R.HARTLEY

sounds like you were seeding it allright

the_syco

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

sounds like you were seeding it allright

Aye. This has happened to me, when seeding a distro.