28 Feb, 2009, boblinski wrote in the 1st comment:
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I picked myself up a Coding in C book and have been mucking around with the little programs in the book.

I've now got a whole lot of .exe files for each of the programs and can't see to delete them. I've tried deleting them through dos and everything.

I'm running XP and have been compiling with DOS C compiler (djgpp).

When I try to delete it typically says "Cannot delete: It is being used by another program".. but I've got everything closed.
28 Feb, 2009, Igabod wrote in the 2nd comment:
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just cause it's closed doesn't mean it's not running still. ctrl-alt-delete and bring up the task manager, end the processes of all the progs you created. If you don't know what it is and it's not one you personally created, don't end it, it may be important.
28 Feb, 2009, Vassi wrote in the 3rd comment:
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boblinski said:
I'm running XP and have been compiling with DOS C compiler (djgpp).


Wow I hadn't thought of DJGPP in forever. Was hard to get a 'real' compiler back in the day when I did. If you find it hard to use you may want to look into any number of alternatives, I'm fairly sure Microsoft's visual C++ will work just fine if you only use C.
28 Feb, 2009, elanthis wrote in the 4th comment:
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Visual C++ 2009 Express (free download) handles C and C++ perfectly fine.

But yet… DJGPP brings back memories. :)
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