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I have a download on my computer that won't go away.?

I've tried everything i can think of. McAffee didn't find any thing the file won't delete when I choose delete. When I try to delete the whole folder it says, Cannot delete Cannot find specified file Make sure you specify the correct path and file name. How cna I get rid of this pesky problem.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Since you did not say what you downloaded it is hard to tell.

    There are many options though available:

    Regedit

    Virus-protection

    Spyware-protection

    Firewall-protection (Both software and hardware)

    ISP help

    Yahoo Answers

    etc.

    And so much more you can not even begin to imagine.

    If you will send me exact details and description I will do my best to help you.

    But I must tell you this!

    Never open anything in email or IM!!!!

    No matter what.

    Best Wishes and have fun but be careful.

  • 1 decade ago

    Try going into safe mode first before deleting it. To do this you'll need to reboot and press a key like F8 or another function key while the BIOS is loading. Then select safe mode from the menu. Now try to delete it. If that doesn't work then use the search function to find all instances of that file and delete them from there.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hi

    This is due to your file in use

    if you want to delete the file just l;ogin in safe mode and then try to delete again if it giving you the same error

    then press alt-ctrl-del and in task manager go in process and try to find whether the program is running or what

    and if you want to uniinstall any programm from add remove and you are getting this erroe casnnot fil then i think the files are removed and you just need to delete it from registry

    for this

    start-run-(type) regedit in it go in hykey local machine-softwares and there try to find your software which you want to delete and jsut click on the folder by right click if you got that folder and delete it .

    yes before this please fgo in

    start-run-(type) msconfig and in startup please see that your software isn't running there just if you are able to see your software link there then pleasee uncheck it and restart your machine before doing this procedure

  • 1 decade ago

    download

    http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/delenxrd/

    use MS-DOS command to delete the folder example:

    delenr c:\folder*

    it will delete the folder name starting by folder

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  • 1 decade ago

    try downloading killbox and using it, it will delete a file or folder on reboot before it is loaded

  • 1 decade ago

    I have the same problem. Its frozen into your computer. I've heard if you reboot your computer, it might go away. Check with a compuer store.

  • 1 decade ago

    What is the file you have downloaded? Is it a virus? If so do a virus scan.

  • 1 decade ago

    Use something like Ccleaner (www.ccleaner.com) to try and get rid of it.

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