OMFG I NED HELP FAST!

[buzz44]

omfg.... i was testing my own program on my comp .... and it copies itself to c:\windows\ sytstem32\krnl387.exe ... and rights stuff to registry to boot on startup .. well now ... ITS ALL GONE HORRIBLY WRONG ... and i cant delete it ... it says it is in use ... i boot up in safe mode ... check task manager ... theres is like 5 processes running .. eg .. svchost.exe .. csrss.exe etc.... i try delete and it STILL says it is in use.... i think i remember when i first started posting .. seeing a script that tells you what program another program is in use by ... i was hopeing to find this script so that i could use it on my program and FIND WHAT THE HELL IS STOPPING ME FROM DELETING IT .... if anyone knows PLEASE post .. cause i dont want to get another harddrive with an os on it and boot this one up as a slave just to delete ... plz if anyone knows i would REALLY appreciate it ..

thx

[kapowdude]

ok what you need to do is calm down

1 what does this script do to your computer? nothing.. then just leave it

2 try creating a script to end you script 0.o

3 system restore is your using windows xp...

4 if it doesnt work your screwed!!!!

[MHz]

Just use recovery console, and see if you can delete it. Or a BartPE disk may do the job as well.

Edit: Task Manager should kill it anyway. Then delete it.

Edited February 1, 2005 by MHz

[buzz44]

omg i just stuffed my post u p

wat is recovery console and it doesnt appear in task manager .... the program isnt runnig but it sez it is in use my another program

i tried system restore and it failed

Edited February 1, 2005 by burrup

[buzz44]

yes very ironic ..NOT.... this doesnt do anything malicious ... all i want is help ..

[Valik]

Not malicious? Apparently it has a life of its own if it's gone astray and making the author all freaked out. That's pretty darn malicious if you ask me.

[buzz44]

not really .. lol ... i just dont like programs running that dont need to be ..

[MHz]

explorer is probably using it. If so, just open a command window, shutdown explorer, then delete the file.

[buzz44]

thankyou i will try that... u seem to be the only one helping ..

[kapowdude]

when you checked out the taskmanager did you go to processes in the top tabs

go look there

[buzz44]

is the program is actually running ... it is in use by another one

[roboz]

Hi,

I had a similar problem once with a file which I couldn't delete because it was used by some strange process. I managed to figure out which one it was with the help of Process Explorer (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml). That way I could kill the process and delete the file. Just like you I tried really everyhting else before that with no luck.

Hope this helps

Alex

[buzz44]

I GOT IT YAY >!!!!

i made a script

ProcessClose("explorer.exe")
Sleep(5000)
FileDelete ("C:\WINDOWS\system32\krnl387.exe")

ran it .. and its gone ... anyone have any ideas y it is in use by explorer.exe?

edit : thanks everyone for the people that DID help .. and ty for that link .. i am dloading it as we speak

Edited February 1, 2005 by burrup

[kapowdude]

i don't know check your script

[buzz44]

all the script does is copy itself to system 32 .. write reg entry to boot on startup and delete the original file .