wierd delete problem

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Swat

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I downloaded a new bios off abit's site onto my desktop. I double clicked the file and it unpacked the needed files for the flash. I flashed correctly and everything is running fine. THe only problem is no matter what I do , the file I double clicked to unpack the flash rom just won't delete. It keeps saying it's in use , I've even tried booting into safe mode and still nothing. I've went to msconfig and nothing looks different from before I flash. There is nothing in my start up or reg. It's getting kind of annoying cause I usually keep my destop clean. =\ Thanks
 
Originally posted by Zwitterion
Log in as Administrator and try to delete it.
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Already tried , still won't do it. Says the same thing...anymore ideas?
 
Heh, abit. Ugh.

Anyway, my disgust of mainboards aside, I believe that you will be able to delete this file if you Ctrl + Alt + Del and kill explorer.exe process, then use the 'New Task' to bring up a text entry box. Click 'Browse' instead, browse to your file and delete it. Then, click cancel, then type 'explorer' in the text box and click okay. Windows should reload Explorer, your file will be gone, and you might want to reboot to get all of your icons back if they don't all come back (in your taskbar, not the desktop).
 
You can also try to rename it,then delete it.I just had that same problem,renaming it solved it.
 
Originally posted by ’m‚³‚ñ
Heh, abit. Ugh.

Anyway, my disgust of mainboards aside, I believe that you will be able to delete this file if you Ctrl + Alt + Del and kill explorer.exe process, then use the 'New Task' to bring up a text entry box. Click 'Browse' instead, browse to your file and delete it. Then, click cancel, then type 'explorer' in the text box and click okay. Windows should reload Explorer, your file will be gone, and you might want to reboot to get all of your icons back if they don't all come back (in your taskbar, not the desktop).
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Still didn't work :( , any other ideas?
 
Originally posted by Teerex20
You can also try to rename it,then delete it.I just had that same problem,renaming it solved it.
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I've already tried that , it gives me the same error that I get when I dry to delete it.
 
Originally posted by Swat
Still didn't work :( , any other ideas?
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Reboot in safe mode and delete it. Or, create a XP boot floppy and then use the prompt to delete the file. I think you can even use the recovery console on the XP CD if you needed to.
 
Originally posted by ’m‚³‚ñ
Reboot in safe mode and delete it. Or, create a XP boot floppy and then use the prompt to delete the file. I think you can even use the recovery console on the XP CD if you needed to.
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I had to boot into safe mode with command prompt , that deleted the little bugger. THanks for the help :D
 
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