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RE: Cannot delete shortcuts under windows XP


> From: Hanguk MY
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 12:58 PM

> I reinstalled Windows XP pro and tried to manually delete the C:\cygwin
> folder, but I can not delete any of the "shortcuts" in the
> various folders
> (such as the hosts, networks and protocol shortcuts,.. etc).  I get an
> "access denied" message: "the file is either write protected or
> in use"...,
> even when I'm logged on as administrator.
>
> How do I remove these files ???

Try this:

C:\> at $h:$m /interactive $c

where $h and $m stand for current time plus one minute (at least), and $c
for the command to launch. In your case $c should be either "cmd" or "bash"
with any options you might like...

 When you've launcehd either cmd or bash, you're running as the SYSTEM user
and will *probably* have more success deleting any undeletable files.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59+16.37'N, 17+12.60'E

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