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Title: Cannot delete .exe installation file
Post by: Rona123 on May 12, 2005, 08:34:51 PM

Hi, I hope someone can offer some advice. After downloading the installation file (setupeng.exe) to my desktop and installing the latest version of Avast Home (4.6, I think) on Windows XP Home, I tried to delete the installation file, but receive a message that I cannot because it is being used by another program. I've now uninstalled Avast AND have closed ALL non-system critical processes in task manager, and still can't delete this file. If I try to launch this file, I am told it is not a valid Win32 application. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get this file off my desktop?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Cannot delete .exe installation file
Post by: Lisandro on May 12, 2005, 10:17:33 PM

Quote from: Rona123 on May 12, 2005, 08:34:51 PM

Hi, I hope someone can offer some advice. After downloading the installation file (setupeng.exe) to my desktop and installing the latest version of Avast Home (4.6, I think) on Windows XP Home, I tried to delete the installation file, but receive a message that I cannot because it is being used by another program. I've now uninstalled Avast AND have closed ALL non-system critical processes in task manager, and still can't delete this file. If I try to launch this file, I am told it is not a valid Win32 application. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get this file off my desktop?

Thanks!

Use: MoveOnBoot (http://www.snapfiles.com/dlnow/dlnow.dll?Inc=No&ID=104873) or mst IsUsedBy (http://mstsoftware.com/Files/mstIsUsedBy15e.exe) to discover which file/process is blocking setupeng.exe file. Hope this helps.
Anyway, it's strange... I never saw this behavior before...  ::)

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