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yrag !!!!!!! you should be called houdini !!! you're the f#@$ing man. that file didn't stand a chance against you!!! ..wow id like to thank you for your help.its been what 2 days trying to get r
yes you're right i meant file thnx... and this software sounds like it might do the magic trick..ok and away i go !!!!
i re-checked all the boxes now what kind of hint am i looking for..perhaps a message window with info on it about the file ? it looks like i created a folder from hell !!!!
yes
yrag ... i tryed deleting the file but that f#@$%* wont budge i did everything you said too...by the way windows seem to be running ok even though i deleted stuff from the registry, should i doubble click on the backup reg i created to restore any problems before they accurr ???
yup ... ok let me give it a shot thnx again
now when u say temp u mean create a new folder right ... how do i restore the exported file i created .. through system restore ???
what do you mean if it doesn't boot...restore ? how can i restore if windows doesn't boot up ?
that didn't work.... -my guess is it's XP's built in zip holding it.!!- this file is not in a zip format but an .exe sitting on my desk top and i think explorer.exe its holding on to it ...... along with other programs i need open to run windows correctly
ok..thnx ill try it !!!
no is not..i went back to the page where i found the widget , by the way is called glassy recycle bin it comes with two of them..now i was under the impression that i had to change the file type .zip to .exe when i just noticed it came like that inside the zip file itself . so i think the problem is both small and big glassy recycle bin are stuck together in one .exe file which i doubble clicked..and now stuck on my desk top for life <img src="http://
but i did a bit of research reading forums with the same error message which led me to download this software called - mst IsUsedBy - and found that my explorer.exe has a hold on it....now how can i possibly get my eplorer.exe to leg go of my file ?
i downloaded the widget from this site...and no its not running in my task manager application tab or processes tab ...
nope that didn't work.... is their a software that could release that file from being used by the program that wont let me delete it ?
ok let me try that........thnx!
under safemode i tryed deleting it from my desktop and got the error cant delete file message so i ctrl+alt+delete and hit the process tad in windows task maneger but i did not see the name of the file in there...hhmmmmm...
ok. let me try that ill be back if it doesn't thnx for responding...
i went into application data and found only the microsoft folder nothing else... i think its because i uninstalled descktopx ..untill i fix the problem..
i tryed that as well but it still gave me the error message.
i click to download this widget called 2 glassy recylcle bins and then it asked me where to save it at,so i saved it on my desktop as a .exe file cause i notice all of the widgets i had downloaded before had the same extention (.exe ) OK. fine..so i doubble click on the file after it downloaded and notice an ms-dos window open and close, but nothing else happen after that....now !! im still trying to delete this file but i can't cause windows keeps tel