Thread: delete files already in use

you have to be in true DOS mode to delete files that are in use, can't do it from windows box

ha, i didn't read very well:
>>then how tu delete and totally erase all files in or not in use ?


so you want everything gone? then don't use delete, use format
that'll get rid of everything in use or not in use (if in a windows session, reboot to DOS first).

Originally posted by 6poo
hi !
i was doing a batch to delete somes programs but somes of them seems to be already in use..
then i can't delete them with the command :
rd c:\directory\files\/q /s
this command delete those how are not in use..
then how tu delete and totally erase all files in or not in use ?
thanks for support
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Let's think about this. The file is in use means a program is running that is using the file. And you want to delete the file the program is using?

Assume you are a program and the file is a ladder. Would you like it if someone took the ladder while you were using it? What do you think would happen?

actually i think he actually meant deleting the program itself while it was running. Which you can't do.
I'm not completely sure, his post is kind of broken, but I think he meant
>>totally erase all files in or not in use
so that sounds like a format to me.
I think he's gone though, otherwise we would have heard back from him.