it is being used by another person or program

Post by **ccb056** » April 12th, 2004, 5:18 pm

I get this error message frequently: "cannot delete it is being used by another person or program" I have all programs and windows closed, and it still gives me the error. If I restart or relogin, the error goes away, but it comes back with another file or folder. It has been doing this for a while (2 or 3 months). Yes, its been that long since my last reformat.

Anyone else getting this problem?

Windows XP Corp, WD 120GB Special Edition drive

Tebow2000 · Post by **Tebow2000** » April 12th, 2004, 7:41 pm

Press Ctl+Alt+Delete go to Task Manager and then go to Processes and see what is running... Close the programs that look suspicious.. Also, this may be a virus... Try checking for that.. And, it could be one of your brothers that are connected to your networked screwing around with you!

Post by **ccb056** » May 30th, 2004, 3:47 pm

Ok, I've reformatted and it seems to have gone away, it may have been spyware related.

If you are having this problem, I would suggest you install and run spybot and adaware to get rid of any spyware.

Smartweb · Post by **Smartweb** » May 30th, 2004, 9:28 pm

If you have this problem, one more reason to switch to Linux.

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » May 30th, 2004, 9:30 pm

Or you can use anti-adware and anti-spyware software like ccb056 suggested. Sure you will have less of it is you run Linux but that is because it is a smaller target. People only go after the big operating systems like Windows. As long as you download and run these softwares, Windows will be safe.

Tebow2000 · Post by **Tebow2000** » May 30th, 2004, 10:46 pm

Seachbot: Search and Destroy I what I recommend

AmaD · Post by **AmaD** » November 1st, 2004, 5:15 pm

I recommend Ad-aware SE - I find it picks up loads of things spybot hasn't. Still, Spybot is still a good piece of software...

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/