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Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall [SOLVED]

PostPosted: 23. December 2013 20:17
by SirChick
Hey

I have just uninstalled xampp so i can install a newer version but i cannot delete 3 folders:

Apache
Perl
PHP

I don't know why... i deleted the following services with these commands:

sc delete mysql
sc delete Apache2.2

Yet i still cannot delete the 3 folders!

See screenshot below to know which folders:

Image

Please help :)

Re: Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall

PostPosted: 23. December 2013 22:28
by JJ_Tagy
Maybe those aren't the names of the services locking those files.

Re: Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall

PostPosted: 23. December 2013 22:39
by SirChick
Perhaps not but i don't know what else to do..

Re: Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall

PostPosted: 23. December 2013 23:22
by JJ_Tagy
Start task manager, select services, and find the services. Or open those folders and find out the files that didn't delete.

Re: Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall

PostPosted: 23. December 2013 23:26
by SirChick
Which services am i looking for ? I deleted apache and mySQL, i don't know what other ones there are to delete?

Re: Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall

PostPosted: 23. December 2013 23:40
by Altrea
Restarting your computer should do the trick

Re: Cannot delete 3 folders after uninstall

PostPosted: 25. December 2013 03:33
by SirChick
Altrea wrote:Restarting your computer should do the trick



You are correct, it did! Thanks!