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 Post subject: Ok slight desktop icon problem
 Post Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:55 pm 
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Ok this evening was downloading and .exe when my net connection cut out so i tried dling again however forgot to delete the previous attempt however I couldn't do it (the new file dled as same name with (1) after it) tried several things to get rid of the damm icon acoording to properties it contains no data but i cannot get rid of it. it keeps saying its being used by another file or program and i cannot work out wtf it is, I've tried cleeaning everythign with CC cleaner and I still can't get rid of the damm thing any ideas?

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 Post Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:58 pm 
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safe mode

restart pc even?

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It's not still sitting in a download manager or anything is it?

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also check task manager for running processes and try to end task.

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Have you turned it off and on again?

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Very very very big hammer = sorted tbh!


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 Post Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:37 am 
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done all the above apart from safe mode will try that.....

if i can remember how to

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 Post Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:30 am 
Boot into "safe mode with command prompt".

Then delete it from there. Worked everytime I tried to delete things that came up with "cannot delete, file in use" etc.


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move on boot
http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html

pwns any file

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Will try the above as soon as i kicked it some more and reinstalled some stuff

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Yeah move on boot owns everything 8)

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