File won't delete

[pirimeister]

Howdy!


I'm having a problem deleting a file from my previous H3 install. I was able to erase all of the files in the Harpoon 3 folder except one, STDOLE2.TLB. Whenever I try to delete it I get a message sayin that it's not possible to delete the file because it's being used by another program.

can you give me some help on this?

Thanks!
Paulo

[jpkoester1]

Hello Paulo,

this file is a windows system file and I have no idea how it ended up in your Harpoon 3 folder. You should be able to deal with the problem by moving it from its current location to the windows/system32 folder where it usually resides.

Cheers,
JP

PS.: I am no windows system-file expert so if you have any doubts about this please get a second opinion

ORIGINAL: pirimeister


Howdy!


I'm having a problem deleting a file from my previous H3 install. I was able to erase all of the files in the Harpoon 3 folder except one, STDOLE2.TLB. Whenever I try to delete it I get a message sayin that it's not possible to delete the file because it's being used by another program.

can you give me some help on this?

Thanks!
Paulo

[JRyan]

Another suggestion is the method to delete from a dos prompt by running the cmd from the start menu then kill explorer.exe but that is a drawn out procedure. If you need it, google undeletable files and how to remove and you will find it...

[pirimeister]

ORIGINAL: jpkoester1

Hello Paulo,

this file is a windows system file and I have no idea how it ended up in your Harpoon 3 folder.

That's precisely what I was told by VCDH yesterday. I also don't know how it got there, but the darn thing wouldn't go away. What I did was Reboot Windows in safe mode, zip the file and delete it's unziped version plus the harpoon3 folder he was in.

Since it might be needed for something, I choose to zip it and see what program or app crashes. So far everything seems to be ok, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed[:)]

Thanks for your input, guys!

Cheers.
Paulo