ok, haven't read the site yet - took a peek though to see what you were talking about. But I figure my response to be simple enough that I won't need to yet.

I copied notepad.exe to C:\. Then I executed it. Then I tried to delete it and got this message:

Cannot delete NOTEPAD: Access is denied. The source file may be in use.

Alrighty, that was on Win2k. Now let's see what Win98 says:

Cannot delete notepad: The specified file may be in use by windows

Well Blimey! I do know what I was talking about! Please don't make me ask other people to do the exact same thing. Every one of them will get the same error messages.

So what program are you executing and deleting? Are you doing anything special like running Digital Cortex? And after you executed the program, then deleted it - what did TaskInfo2002 have to say about its cmdline?
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Another note. Take a look at the memory usage of various programs. You're notice that some of them use less memory than the size of their executeable. Why is that? Cause the entire program may NOT be loaded into memory on execution! Are you a programmer? I am, and one trick that I do is not load modules during program startup - so that the program loads faster. Then during execution I may load other modules in the code as I need them. This is efficient on time and memory.

This is not debateable! Some things I said up there in previous posts I am not 100% sure on, but in all info presented in THIS post IS 100% correct, and don't you DARE tell me otherwise!

You CANNOT delete notepad.exe WHILE IT IS RUNNING! Not unless you use some miracle program which does some fancy shmancy shit. So if you ARE using some fancy program to delete a running program, please cut the crap and tell me!

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P.S. I am smiling right now. Despite the way I speak, I do not feel frustration or any negative feelings. I am simply emphasizing points very strongly and doubting your intelligence .

OK then, take a look at the site. You may find some interesting stuff. Be sure to check out the whitepapers.
Hmm. I copied command.com ran it, and deleted it. It was the first program I came across. I'll try another program...OK it didn't work. Why am I not surprised. After all, I have seen the error before.
Why didn't I think of that before?! You should have said that sooner. Oh well.
Nope, no fancy shmancy stuff. I just did it with a DOS program (oops).
Well, I don't feel too bright right now, but I'm not stupid. I forgot that the program isn't always loaded entirely into memory. If it was I suppose it would be possible, but...yeah, you know what I mean.
Well, thanks for helping me get this cleared up.

heh, look up at the very first post I made in this topic. I said THERE that the entire program is not loaded into memory. I guess I just have to remember to repeat myself.

and wow, check that out. I tried command.com and edit.com and both could be deleted after you execute them! coooooooool. I didn't know this before - but yeah, com files are completely different from exe files. They are run in the virtual DOS environment. I'm thinking that they ARE loaded completely into memory and run - and that's why you can delete it after you run it. Very nifty.

Hey buddy, we're both learning stuff here.

"Well, I don't feel too bright right now, but I'm not stupid."

Aaah, yes, finally got a bit of humility out of ya - and without completely debasing yourself, good. heh, I was kidding before - I am not doubting your intelligence. All I've got up on ya is more reading - more knowledge. You've got the right kind of mind to get far.

How old are ya anyway?

Oops, you did say it in your first post! I must have forgotten.
Yeah. I just learned that the deleted posts in this thread are still viewable. When you go to post, scroll down. You can see the posts I made!
Thanks.
Contrary to what someone said in a previous post in another one of my threads, I'm not a kid. I'm 20.

So that'd make you a "kiddy" not a "kid" since a "kid" is a preteen, a teen that doens't act it is a kiddie, and this goes for anyone approximetely over 25, after that their just lame.

...Riiighht.
You consider people up to 25 kids?! Where I live, people are considered an adult at 18.

no, but i call "kiddies" aka lamers to the age of 25, then after that their just useless fools nicknamed clueberts.

all right children, kiss and make up.

And I'm 22 so I can call you two children if I want to.

So you think I'm a lamer?

Yes, he thinks you're a lamer cause you made a null nick. All the arguing in the world will not change that and only make things worse. Just think to yourself that Gizmo needs to take a chill pill and move on...

I'm not mad, I was just asking. I don't think I'm a lamer, so I won't really be bothered if he thinks I'm a lamer. What's wrong with having a null nick? I had my reasons. OK, apparently it messed with the coding. I can understand that, but I didn't expect it to.