Can't remove supersetup.exe

Asked by Darrell Hare

I'm running Kubuntu Hardy. I downloaded a program called Super. It is a video converter. Turned out to only run on Windows. Won't work with WINE or Linux. My problem is I can't get the supersetup.exe off my system. I tried a few things but when I reboot it is still there. Please tell me there is a simple solution.
harecanada

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Old_Soldier (charles.davis) said :
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sudo rm /path/to/supersetup.exe should remove the file from your system if it still shows in your wine applications menu you will need to use the menu editor to remove it from the menu

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Darrell Hare (dbh-eastlink) said :
#2

Old_Soldier Thanks for getting back to me . Unfortunatly this is what happened when I did that.

darrell@harecanada-desktop:~$ sudo rm /path/to/supersetup.exe
[sudo] password for darrell:
rm: cannot remove `/path/to/supersetup.exe': No such file or directory
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~$

If it isn't a file or directory , what is it?
I'm not sure I know how to use the menu editor but I'll check it out.
Thanks,
harecanada

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said :
#3

You need to replace "/path/to" with the actual path to the file.

Or use cd to navigate to the folder, that you can see the file with the "ls" command and then just use

sudo rm supersetup.exe

More information on how to use the commandline terminal can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Hope this helps.

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Darrell Hare (dbh-eastlink) said :
#4

Hi Ralph,
Here's what happened.

darrell@harecanada-desktop:~$ cd ~/Desktop
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~/Desktop$ ls
0131488724_6commands.avi firefox.desktop Pictures.desktop
0131488724_intro.avi k3b.desktop speedcrunch.desktop
0131488724_open_programs.avi konsole.desktop SUPERsetup.exe
adept_installer.desktop LimeWire.desktop thunderbird.desktop
adept_manager.desktop Music.desktop vlc.desktop
CALENDAR pcltrailerNEW.mov
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~/Desktop$ rm SUPERsetup.exe
darrell@harecanada-desktop:~/Desktop$

So it disappears from the Desktop but then I reboot and it's back. What does this mean? I'm confused. Thanks for the link to "Using the Terminal though. This helps a lot to increase my understanding of Linux syntax.
harecanada

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arekkusu (arekkusu-r) said :
#5

I don't know if it is related to your problem but check it out:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4702688

There has to be some program that recreates this file.... it's kind of a strange issue.

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Darrell Hare (dbh-eastlink) said :
#6

Hi arekkusu,
I tried this but it's a nogo. SUPERsetup.exe is still on my desktop.
Weird problem to have. Tried a lot of suggestions but nothing worked yet.
I don't give up, so I'll let you know when I get it solved.
Really appreciate the attempt.
Thanks,
harecanada

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Darrell Hare (dbh-eastlink) said :
#7

Maybe it's not the right location or path name. I know it's on the Desktop but maybe it is only a shortcut and the real application is somewhere else? Doesn't seem likly but I'm out of ideas right now.
harecanada

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said :
#8

Please open a terminal and to find all file with "super" as a part of name type:

locate super

Hope this helps

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Darrell Hare (dbh-eastlink) said :
#9

Hello.
Well I brought in the "Heavy " the guy that started me on Linux(Kubuntu) came over to see if he could figure this out and BINGO, he got it. And as in most things it was totally simple.
He did the following:
System Settings>Advanced>Session Manager> under On Login pick Start with an empty session.
I had no idea that would solve it but it did.
Simple eh?
Thank you guys for all your trouble.
harecanada