Can't Delete a File

[P-Land]

I gave a rather large file that I'd like to delete from
my hard drive. Every time I try, I get a message saying
that another person or program is using it so I can't. I
have no other users on my computer, and it says this when
I first reboot my computer, so no aplication should be
using it. Anyone have any ieas?

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi P-Land,

You should be able to delete the file by holding down the F8
key the next time you restart Windows. That will allow you
to use Safe Mode and stop the program which is using that
file from starting up. If that doesn't solve it, we'll use msconfig.

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| I gave a rather large file that I'd like to delete from
| my hard drive. Every time I try, I get a message saying
| that another person or program is using it so I can't. I
| have no other users on my computer, and it says this when
| I first reboot my computer, so no aplication should be
| using it. Anyone have any ieas?