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by patrickscooter2001

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I have a.exe on my dekstop but I can't delete and it comes up with the same old message that someone else is using it. I had a hurl.exe before and I managed to delete that by moving it into a file then deleting the file. But this one does not let me move it anywhere. So could anyone give me some help on how to get rid of it.

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by toivo talikka

If you select Start - Run and type in msconfig, you will see if the .exe file is loaded by any of the startup settings. You can then disable it and after a restart, you should be able to delete the file.

On the other hand, if you boot into Safe Mode by pressing F8 during the startup, the programs in the Startup folder and the Run key in the registry are not activated and it may be possible to delete the .exe file.

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