Cannot delete .exe file.

[BigMoosie]

[edit] Problem Solved [/edit]

 

A while back I opened a new text document in notepad and saved a blank file as ".exe" (no prefix). I tried to open it and got a message saying it would not run, then when I tried to delete it it says:

 

Cannot delete Desktop:\ It is being used by another person or program.

Close any programs that might be using the file and try again.

 

No matter what I do I cannot delete / rename / move this file, I wouldn't really mind if it was tucked away in my hard-drive somewhere but it is on the desktop and just adds to the unnecessary clutter.

 

Any ideas?

[mezarashi]

Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+Del and closing any instances of it possibly trying ot run? And most importantly, explorer.exe. Shut that down. It causes alot of problems. Then go to Run-> explorer.exe to reboot it up.

 

Of course, a restart would probably fix all of this as well.

[Dak]

you could try downloading KillBox, and copying the files pathname into killbox and seeing if killbox can handle it.

 

the 'delete on reboot' option usually works.

 

[edit] assuming that you'v already tried reebooting -- if not, mezarashi idea's will work & be easyer[/edit]

[BigMoosie]

Thanks for the killbox link Dak that took car of it! The file has been there for about 3 months so I certainly have tried what you suggested mezarashi, but thanks anyway.

 

Problem solved.

[Dak]

glad to be of help

 

as killbox is desighned to delete malware, it will have made a backup copy of the txt/exe hybrid file at the location C:/!submit/[filename].exe.

 

as you havent accessed the backup copy yet, it should be easy enough to delete by deleting the !submit folder; but if not atlest the problem has moved somewhere more discrete