darth spud
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ok guys im in a bit of a pickle here. i was explaining to my m8 how to make a .exe file look like a .txt file coz i was explaing to her how viruses work. so basically i had a file called "cs servers.txt" and i renamed it to
"cs servers,txt(then 48 spaces).exe"
when i try to delete this file it says that it is in use by another program and that i should shut down the program that is using it and then delete it. i dont know what program is using it. its not in start up in ms config and its not in boot.ini (dont think it would be anyway, but worth saying)
i have booted up in safe mode and tried to delete the file and it still comes up with the message. so then i tried booting into dos but when i do dir in C: it doesnt show directories just files in the root of C: drive. so i tried deleting the file in the cmd promt in windows with the hope that it would delete the file the next time i start up but my dos is a little patchy and i cant remember how to delete. im typing
del C:\Documents and settings\Ross\Desktop\ cs servers,txt .exe
it then says it cant find the specified path
C:\Documents and settings\Ross\Desktop\cs
i think its looking at the file as a directory and thats why it cant find it. what am i doing wrong here?
ps im using win xp pro
thanx very much for any input on this
darth spud
"cs servers,txt(then 48 spaces).exe"
when i try to delete this file it says that it is in use by another program and that i should shut down the program that is using it and then delete it. i dont know what program is using it. its not in start up in ms config and its not in boot.ini (dont think it would be anyway, but worth saying)
i have booted up in safe mode and tried to delete the file and it still comes up with the message. so then i tried booting into dos but when i do dir in C: it doesnt show directories just files in the root of C: drive. so i tried deleting the file in the cmd promt in windows with the hope that it would delete the file the next time i start up but my dos is a little patchy and i cant remember how to delete. im typing
del C:\Documents and settings\Ross\Desktop\ cs servers,txt .exe
it then says it cant find the specified path
C:\Documents and settings\Ross\Desktop\cs
i think its looking at the file as a directory and thats why it cant find it. what am i doing wrong here?
ps im using win xp pro
thanx very much for any input on this
darth spud