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Old 01-05-2006, 02:58 AM
Blair
 
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Default Cannot delete a program

Hi All,

Recently I downloaded a patch for a game thats needed in order to play this
game on XP. To be specific, its the patch for Command & Conquer - Red
Alert. Anyway I can't delete or get rid of this patch, no matter what I do.
Whenver I tried to delete this program, I get a message saying "Cannot
delete RA108USP: It is being used by another person or program. Close any
programs that might be using the file and try again." Problem is, I
unistalled Red alert and deleted the folder in Windows Explorer (in that
order, BTW) so I have no idea what this message is refering too. I was
wondering if anyone has had the same experience with this problem and if
there's a way to delete this program. I know I should go to the game
website, which I have, but there's no info there. Thanks in advance for any
suggestions.


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Old 01-05-2006, 02:58 AM
Shenan Stanley
 
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Default Re: Cannot delete a program

Blair wrote:
> Recently I downloaded a patch for a game thats needed in order to
> play this game on XP. To be specific, its the patch for Command &
> Conquer - Red Alert. Anyway I can't delete or get rid of this patch,
> no matter what I do. Whenver I tried to delete this program, I get a
> message saying "Cannot delete RA108USP: It is being used by another
> person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file
> and try again." Problem is, I unistalled Red alert and deleted the
> folder in Windows Explorer (in that order, BTW) so I have no idea
> what this message is refering too. I was wondering if anyone has had
> the same experience with this problem and if there's a way to delete
> this program. I know I should go to the game website, which I
> have, but there's no info there. Thanks in advance for any
> suggestions.


Boot in safe mode.
Try there.

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