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Marnus
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 Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:13 pm Post subject: game.exe cant be... |
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For some reason, I cant move, rename, or delete my game.exe file.. my friend told me to delete playing.tmp or somthing like that, but i did some looking into it, and this isnt the same problem. Does anyone know WHY this would happen? Its really annoying, as i accidently copied game.exe to my desktop, and now i cant move it in any way, shape or form....
I get an error message saying "Another application or program is using this file" or somthing like that..
Ive restarted my computer and tried deleting it before the other programs load, but no luck. The file itself runs fine, but i'd like to get rid of it! |
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TMC
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Because windows hates you, and me. It likes to randomly lock files I never even opened. I'd like to know a solution too. Normally I take the easy approach and just come back days later and delete the locked file.
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Jack
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:35 am Post subject: |
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i move around game.exe alot because i put one in each game folder, but when i delete it i usually delete the folder that its in rather than the program itself. i don't exactly recommend deleting your desktop folder though...
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FyreWulff
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:52 am Post subject: |
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easiest way to do it on XP:
ALT CTRL DELETE
kill explorer.exe
You should see the start button/task bar/etc disappear.
wait a few seconds
New Task -> explorer.exe
Everything should come back, and explorer should no longer be holding onto game.exe |
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TMC
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:22 am Post subject: |
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I kill explorer.exe several times daily (damn you windows), but I swear that I've done that and still had a locked file. I'll assume I was imagining things.
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Sephyroth
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My XP OS doesn't even let me kill explorer.exe
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phyrfox
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| The Mad Cacti wrote: | | I kill explorer.exe several times daily (damn you windows), but I swear that I've done that and still had a locked file. I'll assume I was imagining things. |
Actually, there is a lock occurring within the file system itself. I've had this happen a few times, myself. There's only one solution: you must go in DOS mode and remove the file. If you're running XP or 2000 (one of those that do not have a DOS Shell boot option), you will probably not be able to remove the file with anything short of formatting the hard drive.
Another possible alternative is to create a new user ( Start > Settings > Control Panel > Users ), create a new user, log in as that new user, browse to your normal user's desktop, and delete the file. Of course, you may need to set up R/W/D privledges for that user to modify the appropiate files, of course.
Or, just log in as Admin (you still have your Admin password, right?) and delete the file. If that fails, I recommend a 50 pound hammer. It will probably remove more than just that one file, but it DOES work to relieve frustration regarding your computer. Make sure you shut down Windows before trying that approach; Windows will probably crash if you smash your computer with a 50 pound hammer while Windows is running. You wouldn't want that, would you?
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msw188
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| How precisely does one log in as an administrator? When I try to install VDMS, I get an error saying that I need to be an administrator to install this program. I managed to find a way to SET an administrative password, but I'm not sure how to USE it. I'm probably just missing something very simple. I am using Windows ME. In case it helps, my 'shut down' command does not have a 'logoff' option, only 'shutdown' 'restart' and 'standby'. Also, I made an administrative password by going into system settings during startup. |
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phyrfox
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| msw188 wrote: | | How precisely does one log in as an administrator? When I try to install VDMS, I get an error saying that I need to be an administrator to install this program. I managed to find a way to SET an administrative password, but I'm not sure how to USE it. I'm probably just missing something very simple. I am using Windows ME. In case it helps, my 'shut down' command does not have a 'logoff' option, only 'shutdown' 'restart' and 'standby'. Also, I made an administrative password by going into system settings during startup. |
Actually, you should be able to right-click on a given program (say, My Computer) and choose "Run as..." which should give you the ability to run a program as Admin. If that option is not available, you should try creating a new user, which should enable multi-user support (thus, in theory) giving you the ability to log in as Admin.
I'm not 100% familiar with ME, but I think this is the proper way to take care of things. Then again, if you can't install a program, you may not be able to make a new user. In this case, you should write a C++/Windows program to log yourself off. I could write it tonight if you would like (this is a painfully easy and small program to write, about all of 5 lines of code).
Let me know if my ideas work, if not, I'll write that program tonight for you.
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Linkmax
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in. At the command prompt type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the file you wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close Task Manager |
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Mike Caron
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| msw188 wrote: | | How precisely does one log in as an administrator? When I try to install VDMS, I get an error saying that I need to be an administrator to install this program. I managed to find a way to SET an administrative password, but I'm not sure how to USE it. I'm probably just missing something very simple. I am using Windows ME. In case it helps, my 'shut down' command does not have a 'logoff' option, only 'shutdown' 'restart' and 'standby'. Also, I made an administrative password by going into system settings during startup. |
 If you're using ME, you shouldn't be trying to use VDMS in the first place...
Anyway, to open run as an administrator (or any user, for that matter) in the command prompt, try this: (Note: Only works on NT class systems, i.e. 2000, XP, NT, 2k3, whatever)
1) Open the command prompt (Start->Run..., type in "cmd", hit ok)
2) type the following magical incantation:
| Code: | | runas /user:<username> cmd |
(replace with the username. In this case, we want "Administrator")
3) It will ask for the password. Type it in
And, to delete the file after doing that...
4) type in:
| Code: | cd "\documents and settings\<normal username>\desktop"
del game.exe |
(Again, replace <normal username> with whatever your ordinary username is)
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msw188
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| I have heard that some people are able to hear music on ME with VDMS (I can't remember who said that, Red Maverick Zero maybe?). I won't be able to try these ideas until I go home, where I do not have the internet, so I won't be able to get back to you guys about it for a day or two most likely. But I'll let you guys know as soon as I can. Thanks in advance for the help. |
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Mike Caron
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| msw188 wrote: | | I have heard that some people are able to hear music on ME with VDMS (I can't remember who said that, Red Maverick Zero maybe?). I won't be able to try these ideas until I go home, where I do not have the internet, so I won't be able to get back to you guys about it for a day or two most likely. But I'll let you guys know as soon as I can. Thanks in advance for the help. |
There was a version of VDMS which was modified to work with older windows, but I don't know the link or what it's called.
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TMC
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Last time I looked, the link was easily found on the front page. But that was ages ago, because vdms.sorceforge.net has been down forever.
Install that version of VDMS, not the windows NT version.
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lobonys
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: hi |
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windows rarely locks files on me, it usually locks my files after I use an install file for one of my programs. It's usually fixed with a simple restart, my computer gyru said that 99.9% of all problems is fixed with a restart....but then again there is that 0.1% 
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