I have a cd image on my computer that i am trying to delete because it
is corrupt and take a bunch of space. I once mounted this image using a
program that I have since deleted. I can not delete this file because
it says it is in use.

I have gone to msconfig and shut down everything I can think of
rebooted the computer and tried to delete it.
I have restarted the computer in safemode without networking and tried
to delete it.
I have run windows disk check and tried to delete it.
I have searched the windows registry and deleted all references to it
and tried to delete it.
I have gone to the windows task manager and shut down a lot of process
and tried to delete it but frankly I left some stuff alone that I did
not recognize.

How do I find the process that is using this file or correct windows
erroneously thinking this file is in use?

Thanks

Michael

<michalchik@aol.com> wrote

>I have a cd image on my computer that i am trying to delete because it
> is corrupt and take a bunch of space. I once mounted this image using a
> program that I have since deleted. I can not delete this file because
> it says it is in use.
>
> I have gone to msconfig and shut down everything I can think of
> rebooted the computer and tried to delete it.
> I have restarted the computer in safemode without networking and tried
> to delete it.
> I have run windows disk check and tried to delete it.
> I have searched the windows registry and deleted all references to it
> and tried to delete it.
> I have gone to the windows task manager and shut down a lot of process
> and tried to delete it but frankly I left some stuff alone that I did
> not recognize.
>
> How do I find the process that is using this file or correct windows
> erroneously thinking this file is in use?

See if this can help:
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Another option is to reinstall that program which was used originally to
mount the image and see if you can get rid of it after that.

--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]

<michalchik@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I have a cd image on my computer that i am trying to delete because it
> is corrupt and take a bunch of space. I once mounted this image using a
> program that I have since deleted. I can not delete this file because
> it says it is in use.
>
> I have gone to msconfig and shut down everything I can think of
> rebooted the computer and tried to delete it.
> I have restarted the computer in safemode without networking and tried
> to delete it.
> I have run windows disk check and tried to delete it.
> I have searched the windows registry and deleted all references to it
> and tried to delete it.
> I have gone to the windows task manager and shut down a lot of process
> and tried to delete it but frankly I left some stuff alone that I did
> not recognize.
>
> How do I find the process that is using this file or correct windows
> erroneously thinking this file is in use?
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>

Another method would be to boot into the Recovery Console
and delete the file from there. You must first enable access to
all folders by doing this:
- Run gpedit.msc
- Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Windows Settings /
Security Settings /
Security Options / Recovery Console: Allow floppy disk access . . .
- Set this policy to "Enabled".

Thank you that seems to have worked really well.

<michalchik@aol.com> wrote

> Thank you that seems to have worked really well.

You're welcome. What did? Using Unlocker? What was locking it?

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]