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May 7th, 2007 19:00

Help!! Cmd.exe file prob

I by mistake saved a notepad file memo to the desktop wit a '.exe' file extenision. It now appears as a dos Cmd.exe file on my desktop and wont let me delete it or channge its file extension name. Does anyone know how I can get rid of it? Have even tried deleting in safe mode with no luck :-(
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    Posted May 7th, 2007 23:00

    You can try this utility, does not always work.
     
    or this, read carefully. Works every time.
     
    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   where 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.
     
     
    the file will be located in here.
      C:\Documents and Settings\your user name here\Desktop
     
    if you are not familiar with command prompt, this may prove difficult.


    Message Edited by mombodog on 05-07-2007 07:25 PM
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    Posted May 8th, 2007 19:00

    Thank you very much for your help. Following your instructions for using the cmd box I was able to delete the file :-)
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    Posted May 8th, 2007 20:00

    Congratulations, you are now a computer genius. :smileywink:

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