Unable 2 Delete A Exe

[Marius24]

i downloaded windows XP corp last night and am unable to rename it to ISO. I can cut and paste it to different places but i want 2 be able to rename it to .iso. i also tried safe mode and cannot rename it :angry: .


would a batch file be able 2 rename it to an ISO? or anyother way?

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[Marius24]

sorted, batch files are crap. that or i cannot use them :rolleyes:

i just right clicked went to properties changed it to ISO closed the folder that the exe was in then clicked OK in properties. it took a while to load but it seems to have worked B)

[tesco]

alrighty, well in the future, if you want, you can use these commands for renaming files:

start>run>cmd>enter.

now at command prompt, to rename a single file, type:
rename [driveletter]:&#092;filename.fileextension [newname]

for example, if i want to rename the shell32.dll file, i could do this:
rename C:&#092;windows&#092;system32&#092;shell32.dll shell32.exe

another command I figured out, and ill tell you when this is useful after, is this command:
rename [driveletter]:&#092;*.fileextension .newfileextension

this is useful when I want to rename the files in the i386 folder of the windows xp cd, all of the file extensions have the last letter replaced with a _, so say i wanted to copy all teh dl_ files and rename them to dll, then I would do this:
rename E:&#092;i386&#092;*.dl_ .dll

this is kind of unrealistic though becuase I would actually have to copy the files form teh cd to my computer, as I cant rename a file on a cd, but you get the picture.

so you understand?

btw, while I was testing this out I accidently renamed all jpg files to gif in my "my picture" folder. if anybody knows a program that can check the files and change the ones that have the wrong extension back that would be quiet helpful :unsure:

[Xero Grid]

Just curious.
Why would you rename files in the i386 folder of any Windows installation CD. Just because they have the last letter of the extention as an underscore doesn&#39;t mean they are the same files. They are compressed. You can just extract them with 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)

-- Xero Grid --

[tesco]

Originally posted by Xero Grid@4 May 2004 - 19:14
Just curious.
Why would you rename files in the i386 folder of any Windows installation CD. Just because they have the last letter of the extention as an underscore doesn&#39;t mean they are the same files. They are compressed. You can just extract them with 7-zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)

-- Xero Grid --
really? well my friend had deleted all the files in his inf folder, a while back, and when trying to install a mouse i tried copying them all from the cd into that folder, and thats when i found out those commands, to rename them...i was wondering why it didnt fix the problem :rolleyes:

ill remember that program for the future :)

[krome]

im having problems deleting a file also.... :helpsmile:

[Xero Grid]

Cool. Well, I&#39;m sure there must be other programs that can extract those type of compressed files, but I haven&#39;t tried products like PowerArchiver. At least 7-zip is freeeeeee. Woo hoo&#33; :lol:

ZipGenius is free as well (http://www.zipgenius.it/index_eng.htm). But I haven&#39;t tried it on Windows installation files, yet. ;)

-- Xero Grid --