Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Hi Folks
I have an odd program which I don't need or use which will not be removed or deleted. Keeps saying it is in use elsewhere! I have shut down every program or operation that I can (without the systen going US) and it will not go away.

TIA

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

What is the program called?

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Tried removing it in Safe mode or using msconfig.exe from a run line to stop anything associated with the program from running at start up?

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

What OS? Assuming it's XP or similar, Windows might be 'pre-fetching' the program. See if there is an entry in the C:\<windows dir>\prefetch directory corresponding to the exe. Delete the file from the prefetch directory. You should also check 'msconfig' to see if it's being loaded at startup.

HTH

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Its called Hurl.exe
Need my hand held all the way for that one Nothing in prefetch:shrug:

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Have you tried searching for it on the PC so we know where it is on the file system?
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Once you find it you need to CTRL+ALT+DEL and close explorer (by what I have read online), then you use new task from the menu to run CMD and when the DOS box opens you navigate to the correct location/ folder and del Hurl.exe
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Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Its on the desktop & my documents

How do I change the "target" to desktop
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I am stuck with C:\documents and settings\s*****>

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Try typing:

cd %userprofile%\Desktop

or

cd "C:\Documents and Settings\<user id>\Desktop"

or

cd "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop"
where <user id> is the ID you use to log on to the system. Apart from the <user id> part, type exactly what I have put (including quotes).

If the userprofile option works, use that.

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Looking on Google for hurl.exe, realplayer gets mentioned a lot.
Could it be something to do with that?

Re: Program says it is in use elswhere (but is not)
 

Thanks all

Especially Paul and Stuart C

Most appreciated
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:rolleyes:It has been so long since I used MS Dos commands