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joewillie
March 24th, 2003, 12:52 PM
I installed Kazaa Lite approx 5 weeks ago. I tried to delete everything from my old Kazaa installation, but my computer will not allow me to delet a few files/folders/things? saying that they are "in use" and cannot be deleted.
After a few weeks, my new Kazaa Lite quit downloading. I reinstalled Kazaa Lite and once again it downloaded (for two days). Now it has ceased to download again.
Also I have a icon on the desktop titled
"shortcut to download". I know not where this came from.
Has anyone out there experienced this, and is a simple solution?
Andy_TRN
March 24th, 2003, 05:12 PM
Most likely a virus.
Try to open the recycle bin and the folder the file is in next to it, then try to drag and drop. Or try shift+delete (after you closed kazaa). Hmm.. or try to defrag the disk it's on, sometimes it has lot's of parts around the disk.
tipple
March 24th, 2003, 05:25 PM
When you uninstalled the original KaZaa, did you scan for spyware/adware? The original KaZaa is full of it, and unless it is removed it could cause you problems.
tipple
March 24th, 2003, 05:30 PM
http://www.andreasroom.com/HowTo/kazaalite.aspx
tipple
March 24th, 2003, 06:07 PM
If you use adaware you may want to check this thread out before you go crazy removing stuff.
tipple
March 24th, 2003, 06:13 PM
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?threadid=106482
CompuGeek
March 24th, 2003, 06:56 PM
One method that usually works for me is to boot into safe mode and then delete the offending files & folders. Press F8 during bootup to get into safe mode. Also run adaware or spybot.
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joewillie
March 25th, 2003, 11:37 AM
I want to thank all the contributors for your informative replys. I have gained insight from you all. I installed AD Aware and Spybot and rid my files of hundreds of bad objects. I have not had any bad repurcussions from these actions as of yet. I was able to "trash" Kazaa after running the above software and Kazaa Lite is working now. After visually scanning the lists generated by Ad Aware, I can't recognize the good amongst the bad, or vice versa, so I have no idea which ones to put in the "ignore" list.
No one said learning on the go was going to be easy.
Thanks again!