2008-08-11, 07:34 PM
I assumed he was deleting a file based on what vague information he provided (I guess it might've been that I was half awake). What I meant by task manager were that if you were running a program that was using a file he was trying to delete, you figure out what kind of program runs that unable to be deleted file, then terminate it and delete your file from there.
There's plenty of flaws to this idea, where, it's probably best to do it in safemode, but I'm hesitant on guiding somebody through safe-mode. Mainly because, well, I'm lazy. On the other hand, a lot of people also prefer to ignore suggestions that involve special bootups or steps that involve working in environments they aren't accustomed to seeing.
There's plenty of flaws to this idea, where, it's probably best to do it in safemode, but I'm hesitant on guiding somebody through safe-mode. Mainly because, well, I'm lazy. On the other hand, a lot of people also prefer to ignore suggestions that involve special bootups or steps that involve working in environments they aren't accustomed to seeing.