Delete file error

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Best thing to do is reboot. Then immediately after you arrive at the desktop try deleteing it. If that doesn'r work then you have a call into something at that location at boot. If that is the case check these keys in the registry for an entry pointing to something in the folder:

Star | Run | regedit | OK Navigate to and select:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

On the right look for a call to something in that folder or a call to something your application was using specific to that application. It may be in C:\WINNT\system32. Then you look at the properties of the file and see if it has a copyright that corresponds to your application's mfg.

The other place to look in the registry is here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Also you may need to check the startup folder for both the All Users profile and the one you use.

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George Hester
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"Tavish Muldoon" <tmuldoon@spliced.com> wrote in message news:e2470f35.0408140813.34388101@posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> I had a directory that I no long wish to use, so I tried to delete it.
>
> The error I get on trying to delete it:
>
> Cannot delete <folder name>: There has been a sharing violation. The
> destination file may be in use.
>
> Nothing else appears to be using it. How do I go about finding what
> is using it or why is this error happening?
>
> I checked the task manager and I see no sign of it listed there.
>
> Suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tmuld