Posted by Rolo Tomassi on 07/11/06 21:29

Tricky Dicky wrote:
> "Rolo Tomassi" <abc@defgco.kr> wrote in message
> news:_ldsg.98943$wl.67800@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Tricky Dicky wrote:
>>> I have never seen this before
>>>
>>> Doing a bit of tidying up today I came to delete an empty directory
>>> and found that I couldn't - something about it being used by another
>>> program which it wasn't because nothing else was running. I even
>>> tried to get rid of it through DOS (!) and although you could see
>>> the directory this wouldn't work. I even downloaded one of those
>>> security overwiper programs and that wouldn't get rid of it. It's
>>> not a major problem but it does bug me
>>> Any ideas anyone?
>>>
>>> Tricky
>>
>> start up in safe mode (F5 during bootup) then delete it then restart.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Rolo
>
> That's got the bastard
>
> Many thanks
>
> Tricky

:) You're welcome!

Rolo

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