Re: error deleting file or folder

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Use Process Explorer to search for the process using the file. Nine times
out of 10 it is explorer.exe. (So you may just want to try the following
fisrt.) If so, open a command prompt and navigate to the Monopoly folder,
then use Task Manager to end explorer.exe, then use the "del" command to
delete the file from the command prompt. You can use Task Manager to restart
explorer but sometimes it loses your system tray icons so you may just want
to reboot. Process Explorer is available here.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx
Louis

"scotty111" <scotty111@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:848A2CE9-3881-4387-B4E7-B7D82B7183E6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I downlloaded a monopoly game for the trial period and tried to uninstall
it
afterthe period was over which mostly worked but now there is still a
portion
of the program or file still there and each time i try to delete it this
error keeps coming up
Error Deleting File or Folder
cannot delete Monopoly3Setup-dm: It is being used by another person
or
program.
Now as im the only one with access to this computer it must be a
program.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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hope you can help!!


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