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i downloaded a patch for my red alert game....so it can play on windows xp, but the patch.exe and this other .exe that came with it wont delete.

it says 'close any programs that might be using the file and try again'
                ive opened task manager and ended all the processes run by the owner that i dont recognise but i stil cant delete them. can anyone help me?

is there a way to force delete things?

thanks. soz for the noob question

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12-30-2004 10:40 PM
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RE: Cant Delete some Files, HELP
Have you tried restarting the computer
Then deleting the files straight after it boots.
Because this will end any processes that actially are using the exe, and as long as those process dont start on boot you can delete the files
12-30-2004 10:42 PM
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yea tried that, but just tried it again to be sure cause loaded msn.......have ya got any other suggestions? thanks.

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RE: Cant Delete some Files, HELP
Try deleting them in safemode, but be sure that the red alert game doesn't use any of these exe files (if it still uses em it'll stop working).

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i dont have the game installed no more

hmmm, safe mode, hmm gd idea!

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RE: Cant Delete some Files, HELP
In that case deleting em in safemode should work.
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i cant get into safe mode. wen i load up it sez f2 for setup - not there and f12 for err sumat else but it wernt dere either help please :|

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RE: Cant Delete some Files, HELP
Delete them through the dos promt.

When starting computer keep hiting F8 untill the Windows start options come up.

Select start windows with command promt.

Now navigate to the folder the file is in and use the del command to delete the file.

example:

C:\Windows\Desktop\del thefile.txt


This will work.

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THANKS DJeX! only thing was had to type 'del c:\windows......'

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:O ahh what was the full thing you typed in?

was it something like C:\Windows\thefilename.extention   ?
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