cannot delete old DOS file   

I have an old DOS file on my computer called Mona.exe which is only 41KB. 
It was basically a little joke program which made the Mona Lisa lose her 
top.  Anyway, I thought I had deleted it long ago but I recently noticed 
that it had been transferred to my new Vista system along with several other 
files from my old computer.  But when I try to delete Mona.exe Vista tells 
me that it can't because the file is open in another program.  It even says 
this right after I restart.  I checked the task manager but Mona.exe is not 
there, and there is no reference to it in the registry.  Mona.exe has been 
scanned many times and is not anything dangerous, but I can't get rid of it.

Does anybody know what is going on?  How can I find out which program is 
supposedly using Mona.exe?  Or how can I get Vista to let me delete it?

Thanks for any help.

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:13:17 -0400   author:   Robert Francis

Re: cannot delete old DOS file   

Hi
Try opening a DOS session (start, type cmd, right click on file select,
run as administrator, point to appropriate folder,
and delete offending article.

Hope this helps
DH


"Robert Francis"  wrote in message 
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>I have an old DOS file on my computer called Mona.exe which is only 41KB. 
>It was basically a little joke program which made the Mona Lisa lose her 
>top.  Anyway, I thought I had deleted it long ago but I recently noticed 
>that it had been transferred to my new Vista system along with several 
>other files from my old computer.  But when I try to delete Mona.exe Vista 
>tells me that it can't because the file is open in another program.  It 
>even says this right after I restart.  I checked the task manager but 
>Mona.exe is not there, and there is no reference to it in the registry. 
>Mona.exe has been scanned many times and is not anything dangerous, but I 
>can't get rid of it.
>
> Does anybody know what is going on?  How can I find out which program is 
> supposedly using Mona.exe?  Or how can I get Vista to let me delete it?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:41:09 +0100   author:   DecHex

Re: cannot delete old DOS file   

I tried your suggestion, but it didn't work.  I even tried deleting it from 
within the DOS session, but I got the same "the file is in use" message.

FYI, I don't know if this is relevant, but Mona.exe will not run in DOS 
under Vista.

"DecHex"  wrote in message 
news:490C7B3D-36FE-43FD-AE3F-D9DEC95AEC00@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Try opening a DOS session (start, type cmd, right click on file select,
> run as administrator, point to appropriate folder,
> and delete offending article.
>
> Hope this helps
> DH
>
>
> "Robert Francis"  wrote in message 
> news:%23KMhoTS5IHA.832@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have an old DOS file on my computer called Mona.exe which is only 41KB. 
>>It was basically a little joke program which made the Mona Lisa lose her 
>>top.  Anyway, I thought I had deleted it long ago but I recently noticed 
>>that it had been transferred to my new Vista system along with several 
>>other files from my old computer.  But when I try to delete Mona.exe Vista 
>>tells me that it can't because the file is open in another program.  It 
>>even says this right after I restart.  I checked the task manager but 
>>Mona.exe is not there, and there is no reference to it in the registry. 
>>Mona.exe has been scanned many times and is not anything dangerous, but I 
>>can't get rid of it.
>>
>> Does anybody know what is going on?  How can I find out which program is 
>> supposedly using Mona.exe?  Or how can I get Vista to let me delete it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>>
>

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:04:50 -0400   author:   Robert Francis

Re: cannot delete old DOS file   

Well I finally got rid of Mona.exe.  It was stored in a folder on my desktop 
along with about a dozen other files.  To unclutter my desktop I moved the 
folder elsewhere.  Then it occurred to me that Vista had allowed me to move 
the folder containing Mona.exe (which it normally wouldn't do for a folder 
containing a file that is in use) so I figured if I can't delete the file 
itself maybe I could delete the folder containing it.  I moved the other 
contents of the folder elsewhere and then simply deleted the folder with 
Mona.exe still in it without any problems. :-)

date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:42:53 -0400   author:   Robert Francis