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Undeleteable picture

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:51 pm
by BEEF!!!
Alright, I cant figure this one out for the life of me. I downloaded a picture the other day and I cant delete it. I can't rename it or anything
Any suggestions?

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:47 pm
by V0Lt4Ge
Scan it for viruses? :?

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:21 pm
by BEEF!!!
I did. Virus scan that file and full system scan with Norton and Ad-aware.

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:39 pm
by xXxCocoFangxXx
Is it being used by another Program or anything?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:20 am
by BEEF!!!
No and its not even that. If I try to delete it does nothing. Doesnt even say that its being used by something else.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:23 am
by maca_ยง
Tried Spybot shredding it?

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:48 am
by metkillerjoe
You may want to try Unlocker. Its from download.com.

It will kill anything. That picture of yours may be linked to explorer.exe for some reason.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:38 am
by a mammoth
Try restarting then delete it.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:17 am
by Apothem
There's an app called 'Unlocker Assistant' that might help. It finds all programs and processes using a specific file and allows you to terminate them. Go google for it, it may help you solve your problem. ;)

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:03 pm
by BEEF!!!
Tried the unlocker program before but that won't work either.
I've restarted my computer many times. It's been on there for a good week.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:09 pm
by wo0t
Reboot in safe mode, Then delete :P

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:30 pm
by [cc]z@nd!
i had a similar problem, and killbox worked great for me.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:37 pm
by Patrickssj6
Killbox or do it the hex way you nub :D

Just null the file out

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:46 pm
by BEEF!!!
Trust me, I've already tried the hex way. When I go to open the file it says "******.jpg. The above file name is invalid"
I tried killbox but when I try to open the file it doesnt do anything. The box stays blank.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:46 pm
by Patrickssj6
Save mode?I hope you tried that.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:52 pm
by wo0t
"Safe Mode", Reboot and tap F8 repeatatively after seeing your logo. Then follow the on screen instructions, Once in windows you will then be able to delete that file. After deletion reboot once again and then the file should be gone.

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And if in fact it is a virus or w/e it's possible the infection has already prevented other software from removing it.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:01 pm
by Apothem
Well, if all else fails, you can always format ;)

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:28 pm
by Cuda
mb use Hijack This! ? Only issue is, it can't tell good or bad, or vital system component from deadly hax virus. be careful with it.

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:58 am
by BEEF!!!
I would try to boot into safe mode but I'm having a problem booting into it right now. I plan on just formatting this computer sometime soon.
Thanks for the input but I'll just wait until I format it.
Thanks.