# File ALWAYS "being used by another person or program" **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526 "2007-05-18T16:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/1 "2007-05-18T16:19:56Z")
So lets say that hypothetically I have a file _coughporncough_ that no matter what I do (delete, cut/paste, rename, I think I tried safe mode delete), will not delete because the file is always “being used by another person or program.” How do I get rid of it? ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/2 "2007-05-18T16:25:35Z")
ahahaha your girl’s gonna pwn ya ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/3 "2007-05-18T16:27:07Z")
Wouldn’t be the first time. :whip: Apparently at one point I was able to make it a hidden file, so it’s been chillin there for months. I just figured I’d ask. I think I had this happen once before, but IIRC it didn’t go away until I had to format the drive for some unrelated reason. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/4 "2007-05-18T16:31:38Z")
It’s probably not in use, you probably managed to remove permissions to it when you were trying to hide it from the woman. Try safe mode, logging in as administrator. ---
**Author:** ![badazzss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@badazzss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/badazzss)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/5 "2007-05-18T17:45:34Z")
safe mode… its actually prolly a virus or trojan file or something, and it latched onto a system file and is sending out all of your personal info every day. hahaha. so log in via safe mode, get rid of file, end. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/6 "2007-05-18T18:21:04Z")
or, you mounted it as a volume cause its an image file and Daemon tools or alcohol 120 is using it… ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/7 "2007-05-18T18:23:17Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:4,topic:29526"”] Try safe mode, logging in as administrator. [/quote] this porn was probably grabbed off a torrent or something, that still seeding or… its uploading to someone… this method should work wonderfully ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/8 "2007-05-18T18:37:33Z")
yeah u get this [http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/](http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/) ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/9 "2007-05-18T18:40:25Z")
Why delete perfectly good porn? Unless it just doesn’t do it for you anymore… ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/10 "2007-05-18T18:52:15Z")
^^ probably child porn… the FEDS ARE COMING TO GET HIM!! DESTROY THE DRIVE!!! ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/11 "2007-05-18T19:03:48Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/12 "2007-05-18T19:28:51Z")
[quote=“BuickGN,post:8,topic:29526"”] yeah u get this [http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/](http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/) [/quote] Worked. Thanks. No more child po… er… umm… ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/13 "2007-05-18T19:32:30Z")
i know it works, its a good program 🙂 saved me a bunch of times ---
**Author:** ![GhettoDaxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@GhettoDaxx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GhettoDaxx)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/14 "2007-05-19T02:14:20Z")
its being run THROUGH windows, so depeing on what windows your using 98/200/me/xp/vista, you need to find a DOS boot disk for it, these days you can make the boot disks in floppys or CD’s, go into your bios once you have the disk made and burned copyed made whatever, and its NOT in the drive, find what motherboard you have or if you boot screen tells you, find the key or use the key that takes you to the bios settings, find boot devices and then set the disk you have ‘cd or floppy’ that you made for the DOS only boot disk, and set it to that, if you burned to to a cd then make the boot device in the bios boot the CD drive as first device, floppy drive, then set the floppy drive as first boot device, but ALSO, before you insert the disk/cd after you set the boot device, find the EXACT location of the file you want to delete, after u have that write it down, if ur not fluent with DOS, google a way or tutorial on finding you way through dos menus and shit, then boot to the DOS disk and itll be ALL text use what the tutorial tought you (example) c:program file/downloads/ to get to the FOLDER the file is in, once you are in the FOLDER the file is in, WHILE in dos, then use the dos command to delete the file, its not being deleted because its probably a virus/work/ whatever and it only gets run through the WINDOWS/OPERARTING SYSTEM ,a nd i 99.9 percent guarentee it wasnt designed to run in DOS(the virus) unless its like some SUPER FUCKING CRAZY AWESOME virus, so use the DOS delete command on the file that you learned from a dos tutorial off google or the command if you already know and the file WILLLLLLLL be erased. and im sorry ahead of time if anyone wants to or is going to critisize my garmmar typing or format, but im fucked up hardcore on beer and other ‘shit’ but ive reviewed what ive typed to the best of my knoweledge under this influence that it will work if you follow my instruction, and again im sorry, i just worked a 13+ hour day and then drank hardcore at the bar and other ‘shit’ good looks that shit can be annoying and get on your nerves when you KNOW there is prolly a virus in your PC if all else fails and you ahte virsuses hardcore, backup ur crucial shit to cd/dvd and reinstall windows and NEXTTIME, get NOD32, good virus software and makesure ur ‘p2p porn dls’ are virus or worm scanned. PEACE! ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/file-always-being-used-by-another-person-or-program/29526/15 "2007-05-19T04:39:52Z")
[quote=“BuickGN,post:8,topic:29526"”] yeah u get this [http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/](http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/) [/quote] u always know where to get the good shit:tup: