truscotsman72 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Hi folks, I have a problem and I think this is the right section to post it in. Whenever I download stuff using torrents, I cant delete it from my desktop when Im done with it. It always coes up with the error 'this folder is in use by another application' or something similar. Now when I try to delete it, I have no P2P apps running, nor anything else running that I think would access these folders. Even on a clean fresh reboot, it wont let me delete the stuff from my desktop, it'll let me delete the torrent files, but not the stuff Ive downloaded, and my desktop is starting to look rather crowded, not only that, all this stuff is using unnecessary HD space, anyone know the answer?? Merry Christmas everyone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helgman Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I guess most/a lot of P2P programs run in the background and start up with the system as default so that the torrent-thing idea of "you download you also upload" will work, so the general idea is that you share what you get.Are all the torrents (all legal I hope!) removed in the P2P-program that you use or are they still there?Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Tap F8 at start up and select safe mode, you should then be able to delete them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coreper Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 a usefull tool to figure out which app is using your files is Unlockeryou could use Unlocker ir Windows Task Manager to end this app, or you could just unlock the file! so you can remove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 P2P is at your own peril. I have too much respect for my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truscotsman72 Posted December 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Thank you!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truscotsman72 Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 a usefull tool to figure out which app is using your files is Unlockeryou could use Unlocker ir Windows Task Manager to end this app, or you could just unlock the file! so you can remove itI used unlocker, worked a treat, thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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