Can't delete .exe files from Desktop?

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  1. looniam
    Posts : 15
    window 7 build 7048 x64
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    i have had this problem in 7000. if i download or extract a .rar file that is an .exe onto my desktop i am not able to delete it, or even change ownership unless i reboot. sometimes it is not always the desktop folder i have this problem with but on others that are on a separate storage drive.

    no offence, i DO NOT believe i should get a third party app for a flaw in an OS. and yes, i have use the 'send feedback' and i think i posted this problem here before without any reponse (in a windows explorer rant).
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  3. Chappy
    Posts : 445
    Vista Ult 64bit - Windows 7 Ult 7264 64bit
       New #12

    looniam said:
    i have had this problem in 7000. if i download or extract a .rar file that is an .exe onto my desktop i am not able to delete it, or even change ownership unless i reboot. sometimes it is not always the desktop folder i have this problem with but on others that are on a separate storage drive.

    no offence, i DO NOT believe i should get a third party app for a flaw in an OS. and yes, i have use the 'send feedback' and i think i posted this problem here before without any reponse (in a windows explorer rant).
    Hi looniam

    Actually, yours is because WinRar still has ownership of that file until you reboot. Many times WinRar retains ownership of an unrar'd file even after it's been closed, even back in Vista it did this. I can't say this exact situation is reproduceable in Vista but I know many times users have to reboot Vista to get WinRar to let go of the files it has decompressed.
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