Re: unremovable file

From: Rock <rock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 22:23:46 -0700

mik wrote:

on my desktop theres a file that cant be deleted despite the fact that no other programs using it.Also i hv tried scandisk on the drive without any result.

FYI, there is no scandisk in XP. It's chkdsk.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

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