A file just won't go away!

[JiM]

Please help me!

I have this really large avi-file on my hard-drive and I
can't remove it. Whenever I try to delete it it says that
the file is in use by someone else or another program.

No matter how many times I reboot my computer or even
shut down every single process in taskmanager it still
won't go away. There simply can't be a program using it
(I have no autostart-objects either).

Anyone know the solution to this? I'd be extremly
grateful.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jim,

Open Windows Media Player, remove that file from the playlist. Close WMP,
then try deleting the file.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Guest]

thankyou anyway but...
Well it's just that I don't use wmp to play videos and it
wasn't in it's playlist anyway. I think it's more complex
than that since the file is quite obviously corrupt and
every time I select it, explorer steals 100% of the cpu
for atleast a minuite and I can't check the files
properties since nothing happens when I try to do
something with it.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

See this from MVP Kelly:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone