kirennia
Part of the furniture
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DO NOT TRY THIS!
Okay so this is probably the stupidest bug windows XP has that I've found yet.
DO NOT TRY THIS!
I really mean that, do not try it. Never EVER EVER make a text document containing anything you want really and rename it as .exe. I've tried going through all the normal means, command prompt, simple delete, open the file in notepad and edit it in there, run it as a win95prog, close down everything I can, safe mode, even debug using a coding program and none of it seems to want to work.
I simple cannot remove this file. I'm pretty sure there is a way to do it but this 0byte program is now stuck on my desktop and I'm not sure how to get rid of it.
It refuses to be moved, deleted or anything so if anyone knows how to get rid of it, please say so.
I was thinking of putting this in the technical discussion but it's nothing to do with camelot really so thought I'd put in a 'hatred of microsoft' thread for the shear hell of it. I mean really, this bug is still there years after XP came out? How bloody stupid.
Just to reiterate : DO NOT TRY THIS!
Okay so this is probably the stupidest bug windows XP has that I've found yet.
DO NOT TRY THIS!
I really mean that, do not try it. Never EVER EVER make a text document containing anything you want really and rename it as .exe. I've tried going through all the normal means, command prompt, simple delete, open the file in notepad and edit it in there, run it as a win95prog, close down everything I can, safe mode, even debug using a coding program and none of it seems to want to work.
I simple cannot remove this file. I'm pretty sure there is a way to do it but this 0byte program is now stuck on my desktop and I'm not sure how to get rid of it.
It refuses to be moved, deleted or anything so if anyone knows how to get rid of it, please say so.
I was thinking of putting this in the technical discussion but it's nothing to do with camelot really so thought I'd put in a 'hatred of microsoft' thread for the shear hell of it. I mean really, this bug is still there years after XP came out? How bloody stupid.
Just to reiterate : DO NOT TRY THIS!