Cant delete a file, because its in use by another program? Then try this.

MadGamer · 03-04-2005, 14:40

Ever wondered why, you cant delete a file while in Windows? Take Yahoo Messenger for instance. It says it cannot delete yamp.dll or a similar file. This program just does that with any file that you have trouble deleting.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html

jtwn · 03-04-2005, 15:50

Nice. Or just de-register the dll.

Chimaera · 03-04-2005, 15:56

Or stop it running at startup, or just delete it in DOS?

MadGamer · 03-04-2005, 17:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtwn

Nice. Or just de-register the dll.

Hmm ive wanted to do that but dont know how, can you give an example?

ntl customer · 03-04-2005, 18:52

Hmm ... I read of a similar utility from MS that allows you to 'unlock' a file in use without the need for a reboot or something. Does anyone know where I can get it from?

I've got a problem with a webserver program in that it locks all the files that are in its web directory so you can't delete them without stopping and exiting the server program, so it's a pain to remove/update content, as I need to p!ss around with exiting it, deleting or updating the offending files and then starting it up again.

Sounds like a useful util, but I don't fancy rebooting every time I want to delete a locked file.

jtwn · 03-04-2005, 19:08

regsvr32 /u [pathto]\[file.dll]

Just use it in dos, its already there

GUI here - http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...RegSvr32.shtml