Need help in removing file !

• 93'guy

  1 Nov 08, 11:36

  ok guys , i'm desperate for help . i downloaded this game called "blahblah.rar" . its a fake name . and i changed the name to "blahblah.exe"  . now i cant remove it .

  my friend told me to open cmd and type in

  C:\Users\HP>Desktop>erase "blahblah.exe" in cmd . but when i tried it keeps saying 'Desktop is not recognized as an  internal / external command , operable program or batch file .

  can anyone help me PLEASE ?

• GIB

  1 Nov 08, 16:41

  Should be "del C:\Users\HP\Desktop\blahblah.exe".

• 93'guy

  1 Nov 08, 16:52

  i dont think so cos cmd default is C:\Users\HP>(fill in the rest)

• GIB

  1 Nov 08, 17:43

  Maybe I was not too clear. You type "del", followed by a space, followed by the full path or the relative path to the file.

  My example is a full path, it works no matter which directory you are in, assuming that your file is in the C:\Users\HP\Desktop directory. If the file is NOT in this directory, you adjust accordingly.

  Or assuming that the file is in the C:\Users\HP\Desktop directory and your cmd default is C:\Users\HP then you can also type "del Desktop\blahblah.exe". This is the relative path version.

• 93'guy

  1 Nov 08, 22:01

  i see , i'll try now . hang on .. it still says 'Desktop is not recognized as an  internal / external command , operable program or batch file

• 93'guy

  1 Nov 08, 22:44

  okay , i've checked on the net . something to do with Variables . i still cant figure it out . damn it .

• caleb_chiang

  1 Nov 08, 23:21

   erase... typical kids that did not deal with dos in the past... But I think you can del it without using dos too mah...

• GIB

  1 Nov 08, 23:31

  Originally posted by 93'guy:

  i see , i'll try now . hang on .. it still says 'Desktop is not recognized as an  internal / external command , operable program or batch file

  Why don't u type whatever you typed into the cmd window here? Don't type what is displayed. Just type what YOU typed into the cmd window.

• 93'guy

  2 Nov 08, 07:29

  i tried >> C:\Users\HP>Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"
             >> C:\Users\HP>C:\Users\HP\Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"
             all sorts .

  and erase DOES WORK ! i tried editing Enviromental Variables but still failed

• GIB

  2 Nov 08, 12:22

  Originally posted by 93'guy:

  i tried >> C:\Users\HP>Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"
             >> C:\Users\HP>C:\Users\HP\Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"
             all sorts .

  and erase DOES WORK ! i tried editing Enviromental Variables but still failed

  Yes, for newer Windows, there is an ERASE which is basically a DEL.

  You mean you actually typed C:\Users\HP>Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"?

  Or you typed Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"?

  Anyway, listen carefully. JUST TYPE IN EXACTLY LIKE SHOWN IN THE LAST LINE OF THIS POST WHEN YOU ARE IN CMD. DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT I TYPED BELOW.

  del C:\Users\HP\Desktop\blahblah.exe

• fatone

  2 Nov 08, 12:36

  

  

• 93'guy

  4 Nov 08, 16:52

  Originally posted by GIB:

  Yes, for newer Windows, there is an ERASE which is basically a DEL.

  You mean you actually typed C:\Users\HP>Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"?

  Or you typed Desktop>del "blahblah.exe"?

  Anyway, listen carefully. JUST TYPE IN EXACTLY LIKE SHOWN IN THE LAST LINE OF THIS POST WHEN YOU ARE IN CMD. DON'T ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT I TYPED BELOW.

  del C:\Users\HP\Desktop\blahblah.exe

  
  cant find file specified

• GIB

  4 Nov 08, 20:24

  Originally posted by 93'guy:

  
  cant find file specified

  Which folder is the file in?

• 93'guy

  5 Nov 08, 10:21

  Originally posted by GIB:

  Which folder is the file in?

  
  its at my desktop

• GIB

  5 Nov 08, 12:37

  Is it a hidden file?

• tut4nkh4m3n

  8 Nov 08, 22:14

  Originally posted by fatone:

  

  

  lol funny pictures

• tut4nkh4m3n

  8 Nov 08, 22:14

  rmbr to change the 'blahblah' to whatever yr game name is...lol

• Xcert

  9 Nov 08, 10:20

  Originally posted by 93'guy:

  
  its at my desktop

  maybe U want to move ur file out of desktop...create a simple directory in the root directory like C:\abc and then delete from there?

   

  c:\abc>del blahblah.exe