Can't delete exe off my desktop

[Uranium-235]

I downloaded a MCaffee sdat update for a client computer and I executed it on my desktop to make sure it wasn't corrupt. Ever since then, I get a sharing violation (source of destination file may be in use) when I try and delete it. Even if I shut my whole computer down, and bring it back up, it gives me the same thing. anyone have ANY freaking idea what the hell is causing this?

[Tyler]

Weird, I've never had that happen to me before. You could try deleting it in DOS

[Uranium-235]

this is windows 2000, there is not dos, there's a console, and it gives me the exact same thing

[Jason425]

step 1) log on in safe mode...
step 2) run all the spyware-removal goodies and try to delete the file
step 3) don't use a 5+year old OS

[Uranium-235]

this 5+ year old OS is better then any other windows OS out there

[Jason425]

that's debatable and opinion-based...

GL with the file anyway...

[Tyler]

I mean you could use a bootable DOS disk that supports NTFS.

[Uranium-235]

if I remember correctly, the only NTFS thing for dos only supports reading

[Tyler]

I saw this posted elsewhere and it worked for them...

"Try this - go to another folder, click file, new, text. Type in text the exact name /detail of the file in question. Then copy it to the folder containing the other file and it should overwrite it. Then it should delete."

I've suggested tyler's suggestion before for things in this matter, and it USUALLY works, but not always. There's a program, wholockme, which will tell you what process is locking what file. That might prove useful (kill the process, delete the file, restart the process if needed). However, explorer actually has a nasty habit of locking some files, which makes that not an incredibly useful methodology for deleting the file.