Rogue File causing angst

[Greymack]

I really hope someone can help me here

I downloaded a file from Kazaa (yeah i know) and it was an .iso file (incidently it wasn't what it was meant to be) i double clicked on this file and noiw i am unable to delete it.
It states "Cannot delete file it may being used by another person or program" Now i know it's not another person so it i thought it has added a line to the registry but i can't find anything about it there.
I also checked sys.ini and win.ini....nothing.

I have ran norton antivirus and it says there's no virus so really it's just a massive file that can't Bl**dy delete.

I thought maybe i could delete it in dos but how do you get in dos from windows XP?

Please someone help?

[fishybawb]

Try deleting the file in Safe Mode. You might want to check your system out with SpyBot (http://www.safer-networking.org/) too if you're in the habit of running stuff you find on KaZaA.

[Greymack]

This may sound daft but how do you get safe mode in windows XP?

[kevrob1]

You reboot and hit F8 until you see a list of startup options on your screen, safe mode being one of them.:t

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I thought maybe i could delete it in dos but how do you get in dos from windows XP?

In a word, you cant, unless your HDD is in Fat32 format, in which case you can use a standard win9x bootdisk, or you have an NTFS bootdisk

As previously suggested, Safemode is probably your best bet, or deleting it from another machine if your netwokred

--Jakk:t

[Greymack]

Thanks guys

I actually tried a WinME boot disk but that didn't work because i have the NTFS system.

Still got it deleted by using safe mode and command promt, safe mode didn't work alone but in command mode i got the sucker.

I've learned my lessons guys no more ckicking on dodgy files :)