im trying to delete a file on my computer and it says that it cannot delete it because it is in use by another program. So far i cannot find what program is using it. I've tried restarting my computer and then trying to delete and that wont work. Is there anyway i can get around this and delete it. btw, running xp.
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Jump to PostLangola, have you tried ctrl+alt+delete and looking in the processes in the task manager to see if the file is running? If so, just end it and then you can delete it :). Also I find alot of the time this happens, if you are feeling nice and lazy, just …
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