Deleting .ttf on Desktop

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Demichan

Hi,
Been trying to delete from my Vista Ultimate desktop some Win 95 TTF in
vain, because Vista tells me every time the file is open in another program.
Are you kidding me, Mr Gates? I've got administrator rights and yet...
nothing!
Anybody has some idea what to do?
Thank you.
Demichan
 
Demichan said:
Hi,
Been trying to delete from my Vista Ultimate desktop some Win 95 TTF in
vain, because Vista tells me every time the file is open in another
program. Are you kidding me, Mr Gates? I've got administrator rights and
yet... nothing!
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I am not Mr. Gates (if I were, I would hardly be doing tech support for a
living!) but I will attempt to give you an answer. BTW, this is not
Microsoft - this is a public newsgroup hosted on Microsoft servers offering
peer-to-peer tech support for Microsoft products. This means that the
people who are trying to help you are *volunteers* who do not work for
Microsoft.

Go into Safe Mode and delete the files from there. To get into Safe Mode,
repeatedly tap the F8 key as the computer is starting up. Then use your
arrow key to select Safe Mode.

If you still can't delete the files in Safe Mode, try Unlocker (Google for
it).


Malke
 
Thank you very much, Malke. Safe mode didn't do anything; I tried Unlocker
[which was installed in my computer but there was a misunderstanding about
the commands before]. Unlocker deleted most of the annoying TTF on my desktop
and there was a message that the rest could / would be erased during restart,
but after restarting, I see them accupying the same space as before. I shall
keep on trying, something got to give...
 
Demichan said:
Thank you very much, Malke. Safe mode didn't do anything; I tried Unlocker
[which was installed in my computer but there was a misunderstanding about
the commands before]. Unlocker deleted most of the annoying TTF on my
desktop and there was a message that the rest could / would be erased
during restart, but after restarting, I see them accupying the same space
as before. I shall keep on trying, something got to give...
Click to expand...

Try Safe Mode Command Prompt. Make a note of the file names and then boot
into Safe Mode Command Prompt (the same way you got to Safe Mode). Navigate
to C:\Users\[your-user-name]\Desktop. Now at the command prompt:

del [name-of-font].ttf [enter]

If your Windows install isn't on C:\, obviously substitute the correct drive
letter.

Malke
 
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