Can't Delete A Corrupted Ns Installer

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• minitroupe Join Date: 2005-03-08 Member: 44464Members

  March 2005

  Have you restarted since you tried to delete it? Sometimes that helps me. Otherwise I'd say try making one of your spyware blockers think its spyware and see if they can wipe it (which can be done by, editing your spyware definitions file, not necesarily recommended).

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• cryforme Join Date: 2004-03-12 Member: 27295Members

  March 2005 edited March 2005

  easiest way to get around that (frequently works with spyware and stuff that slips past the guards somehow) is to do the following:
  (Assuming youre using win xp)
  -Locate the file, copy down the file location.
  -open the start menu, then programs, then accessories, then command prompt.
  -at the prompt, change the directory to the location of the file (i.e. assuming the file is in your C:\downloaded stuff\ directory, you would type this: cd c:\downloaded stuff\)
  -once the command prompt shows that directory, type dir *.exe (this will bring up a list of all the .exe files in that directory, just to make sure you got the location right)
  -once youre sure the file is there, type the following:
  rename ns_installer_v3_b5.exe ns_installer_v3_b5.txt
  ^^EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
  -what you've just done is turned the exe file into a text file.
  -Restart your computer, this will remove the file from use, and whatever is trying to use it wont be able to find the file because the extension has changed. now you should be able to delete the file.
  heres a screenshot of what it should look like in the prompt (file size is different because i used a dummy file for this):
  <img src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/cryforme/help.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
  best of luck.

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