So I did as you suggested and downloaded WhoLockedMe. When a file
loced up I ran it and got the following


Locker Name PID Opened File Handle Domain User
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x05C4 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x5B9C NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x5BD0 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x5D3C NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69D4 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69D8 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69DC NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69E0 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x6B68 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x6E34 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM



What does this mean?




On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:45:43 -0800, Rock <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote:

>JustLearning@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I seem to have a strange problem...file are being locked by windows
>> making the impossible to delete unless I reboot the machine. The is
>> no pattern to the locking it could be a doc file or an exe file and it
>> could be a file that I have not used.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>
>Here's Several ways how you can delete an "undeletable" file. Follow
>these steps:
>
>Start | Run | Cmd | Navigate to the directory; del <filename>
>
>Boot into Safe Mode; try to delete the file
>
> or
>
> 1. Close all open programs.
> 2. Open a command prompt.
> 3. Right-click the taskbar, and select Task Manager.
> 4. On the Processes tab, select Explorer.exe, and click the End
>Process button.
> 5. Minimize Task Manager, but don't close it.
> 6. At the command prompt, use the Delete command to remove the file,
>and close the command prompt.
> 7. In Task Manager, go to File | New Task (Run).
> 8. In the Create New Task dialog box, enter Explorer.exe, and click OK.
> 9. Close Task Manager.
>
>WhoLockMe Explorer Extension v1.04 beta (NT-Win2K-XP)
>http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/index.php

JustLearning@aol.com wrote:

> So I did as you suggested and downloaded WhoLockedMe. When a file
> loced up I ran it and got the following
>
>
> Locker Name PID Opened File Handle Domain User
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x05C4 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x5B9C NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x5BD0 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x5D3C NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69D4 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69D8 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69DC NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x69E0 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x6B68 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
> System 0x000... C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Desktop\DCN.rar 0x6E34 NT AUTHORITY SYSTEM
>
>
>
> What does this mean?
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:45:43 -0800, Rock <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote:
>
>
>>JustLearning@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I seem to have a strange problem...file are being locked by windows
>>>making the impossible to delete unless I reboot the machine. The is
>>>no pattern to the locking it could be a doc file or an exe file and it
>>>could be a file that I have not used.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions?
>>>
>>
>>Here's Several ways how you can delete an "undeletable" file. Follow
>>these steps:
>>
>>Start | Run | Cmd | Navigate to the directory; del <filename>
>>
>>Boot into Safe Mode; try to delete the file
>>
>> or
>>
>> 1. Close all open programs.
>> 2. Open a command prompt.
>> 3. Right-click the taskbar, and select Task Manager.
>> 4. On the Processes tab, select Explorer.exe, and click the End
>>Process button.
>> 5. Minimize Task Manager, but don't close it.
>> 6. At the command prompt, use the Delete command to remove the file,
>>and close the command prompt.
>> 7. In Task Manager, go to File | New Task (Run).
>> 8. In the Create New Task dialog box, enter Explorer.exe, and click OK.
>> 9. Close Task Manager.
>>
>>WhoLockMe Explorer Extension v1.04 beta (NT-Win2K-XP)
>>http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/index.php
>
>

Did you try any of the other steps for deleting them?

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User