Cloudy's Cafe, a conversation zone, Dec.20, 2004

[philip]

Originally posted by Ivelliis: quote: Originally posted by philip: Ivelliis try in safe mode or via DOS. I think you need to be completely in DOS but you can try with DOS-prompt first. But safe mode is probably easiest.

Pretend your talking to someone who doesn't have a clue about DOS.

Ok, no need to pretend

Could you tell me what to do, pretty please with a cherry on top? [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Safe mode. You have to press some button on startup. I think it was F8 but I'm not sure.

I only know how to get in DOS in WinME and below. With a boot floppy and choose start without CD then. Then use cd .. till there's only c:/ at the prompt. Now type cd /windows/Desktop then do del filename. The filename will probably in 8 characters max. So you want to type dir to see what it is called. This might not be so in WinXP or if you have different desktops setup. Then the desktop will be in /windows/profiles/..../Desktop ... is your username. Hope that's clear. Be careful, don't delete anything you don't know and only do it if you're really sure you got the right thing. Hope this helps [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Sir Degrader]

Boo, I have Xmas a day late (damn pirates)!

[Ivelliis]

Originally posted by philip: Safe mode. You have to press some button on startup. I think it was F8 but I'm not sure.

I looked on Help and Support, it said F8. I restarted computer and nothing came up saying "Press F8 for blah blah blah"

I'll try the DOS thing.

[andrewas]

Theres no prompt for the F8 menu, you just have to hit it at the right moment. The right moment is about 1/2 a second long, and comes at the end of the POST check. Start hitting F8 when the memory test is done and keep hitting till you get the menu.

[Attalus]

Good morning, all. Merry Christmas Eve, and Wellard, glad your son is back home and safe. Give 'em a hug for me.

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Hey guys,
It's nice to come into the cafe out of the driving rain. It's miserible out there. Well, I get a bit of time to relax before heading out for Christmas eve service. How DOS things go here!?

[ 12-24-2004, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: Variol (Farseer) Elmwood ]

[Ivelliis]

Finally! I deleted it using dos.
After experimenting with so many things I figured out I needed speech marks around the file location

I'm so proud of me!

[Attalus]

Congrats, Ivellis. I usually have to wait for my son to get here for the holidays to do stuff like that for me.

[Xen]

Hi all. I just came back from the cinema. I watched National treasure. It was pretty Indiana Jones like.

[Stormymystic]

we are going to be leaving soon I think, the roads up here are still pretty nasty, but further down it is supposed to be clear. so we should be alright *crosses fingers* anyway, hope to see you all after christmas [img]smile.gif[/img]

and Wellard, glad your kids are home and doing better [img]smile.gif[/img]

stupid typos :/

[ 12-24-2004, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]