Cannot Delete File

[Brian Walmsley]

I am trying to delete a file and everytime I hit the
delete button up pops a message saying the "File is in
use by a person or program, close that program before
deleteing the file"

it's a movie file and there are no movie players running!!

Also, when this happens the CPU usage in task manager
flies upto 100% and my system grinds to a halt.

I've tried running in safe mode, logging on as
administrator, and also tried file permissions but to no
avail.

please please please help me

Regards

Brian
email me at the address shown above but take out the
(REMOVETHIS) bit

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Brian,

Open the media player, remove that file from the playlist. Then close and
retry deleting that 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

 

[Plato]

I am trying to delete a file and everytime I hit the
delete button up pops a message saying the "File is in
use by a person or program, close that program before
deleteing the file"

http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop10.htm#8

 

[Brian Walmsley]

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the advice, but it didn't work, the file isn't
shown in any playlists.

Brian

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Brian,

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

 

[Lester Stiefel]

What type of file are you deleteing? If you go into the program
that created the file, and temporarily change the folder for it's
data files to another folder, then close the dialog, and the
program, you should ten be able to delete that file. This happens to
me in media players, and word procesors all the time. The above does
work. Also try to restart the system after the changes.

 

[Lester Stiefel]

Additional -- Try removing the file from you MP2 library (Mplayer2)
aka Mplayer 9