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Re: i need help deleting this file
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2010, 06:58:27 AM »
Are you saying MoveOnBoot did NOT work ? ?

I've never seen that...
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Re: i need help deleting this file
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2010, 07:00:37 AM »
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder c:\users\tommo\desktop
What files are in there?

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    Re: i need help deleting this file
    « Reply #17 on: October 22, 2010, 10:51:00 AM »
    Have you tried deleting it through Windows PE?
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      Re: i need help deleting this file
      « Reply #18 on: October 24, 2010, 05:18:46 AM »
      Are you saying MoveOnBoot did NOT work ? ?

      I've never seen that...

      yep moveonboot did not work i tried several times but no luck it just says the file cant be found

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        Re: i need help deleting this file
        « Reply #19 on: October 24, 2010, 05:19:50 AM »
        Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder c:\users\tommo\desktop
        What files are in there?

        everything is there the file ".....dayna...." shows up but it is still has no size

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        Re: i need help deleting this file
        « Reply #20 on: October 24, 2010, 05:22:06 AM »
        everything is there the file ".....dayna...." shows up but it is still has no size
        Okay. THAT's where you want to use either MoveOnBoot or Uninstaller (on the actual file in Windows Explorer, not on the desktop icon). Let's see what happens if you do that.

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          Re: i need help deleting this file
          « Reply #21 on: October 24, 2010, 05:53:19 AM »
          Okay. THAT's where you want to use either MoveOnBoot or Uninstaller (on the actual file in Windows Explorer, not on the desktop icon). Let's see what happens if you do that.

          yep done that it just says file ".....dayna....." cant be found please check spelling or something and try again

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            Re: i need help deleting this file
            « Reply #22 on: October 24, 2010, 10:09:20 PM »
            What if you use Start>Run>CMD and go to c:\users\tommo\desktop?

            What happens if you type "delete .....dayna....."?

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              Re: i need help deleting this file
              « Reply #23 on: October 24, 2010, 11:50:24 PM »
              What if you use Start>Run>CMD and go to c:\users\tommo\desktop?

              What happens if you type "delete .....dayna....."?

              erm "delete" does not work but when i just type "del" it just says that the fine can not be found, so im guessing that technically it does not exist but i can still see it

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              Re: i need help deleting this file
              « Reply #24 on: October 25, 2010, 01:01:24 AM »
              If you had another user account then you could log into that alternate account and get rid of it. I don't know if you'd want to go through the trouble of creating a new user account (which you could delete immediately afterwards) just to get rid of this file, but if you do, here's how you would do it:

              Log into the other account. In windows explorer navigate to C:\Users\Tommo\Desktop. Click on Organize then choose Folder and search options and click the View tab near the top. Under advanced settings, go to Hidden files and folders. Make sure that "Show hidden files,folders and drives" is checked.

              Now move all of the files in the Desktop folder, except the "dayna" file, to another location. Now open Command Prompt and go to  C:\Users\Tommo and enter this command that will delete the desktop folder RD /S Desktop Then create a new Desktop folder in C:\Users\Tommo and move all of your files back into it.

              Finally, log out and then log into your regular user account to verify that the file is gone and all of your other desktop icons are there. If it is, you can safely delete the new account that you created if you want to.

              I know that this is a lot of trouble to go through just to get rid of one file, but it should do the trick.
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                Re: i need help deleting this file
                « Reply #25 on: October 25, 2010, 01:43:56 AM »
                thankyou so much it worked beautifully, i created a new account then navigated to my desktop and copied everything in to a new folder then i logged back into my proper account and typed that code in and then the file just dissapeared so then from this account i just cut and pasted every thing back, thankyou very very much =D

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                Re: i need help deleting this file
                « Reply #26 on: October 25, 2010, 01:45:04 AM »
                Way to go! :)
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                  Re: i need help deleting this file
                  « Reply #27 on: November 13, 2010, 03:21:58 PM »
                  Hi Tommo,
                  I see the info notice says it can't be located on the desktop, perhaps only the symbol is on the desktop. I don't know what system you are using but in Vista Ultimate, i would have a look in the programmes through the control panel on your computer. in control panel go to 'install and uninstall' a programme. As the icon on the desktop may not be where the programme or whatever it really is, is located.
                  cheers,
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                    Re: i need help deleting this file
                    « Reply #28 on: November 13, 2010, 03:25:46 PM »
                    hi tommo,
                    sorry, didn't realise that there were two pages of replies. glad that you managed to solve the problem.
                    cheers,
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                    Re: i need help deleting this file
                    « Reply #29 on: November 13, 2010, 10:47:10 PM »


                     Great forum!!! Thanks for the information guys. Now I know what to do when I encounter things like this.