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  1. Nov 12th, 2001, 11:35 PM #1
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    Exclamation another how to:

    is there a way (in visual basic or c++) to delete files that are being used by windows or another process?
    ie: that pesky file that stores all of your internet history...

    im stuck on this!! thanks a lot!
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  2. Nov 12th, 2001, 11:46 PM #2
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    if you force it to close, you can then delete it.
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  3. Nov 13th, 2001, 12:07 AM #3
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    how can you force it to close?
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  4. Nov 13th, 2001, 05:27 AM #4
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    Send the message WM_CLOSE to it's user application's handle...



    What kind of file are you trying to delete?
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  6. Nov 13th, 2001, 06:43 AM #5
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    the index.dat file found in the cookies directory. im pretty sure that ie or windows is using it. =T
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