cant delete a partial file

[iz0nlee]

I was trying to decompress an avi fie with avidecompressor, which i've used
successfuly before, but I changed my mind halfway through and exited the
program. The remaining file is about 4.5 Mb and explorer wont let me delete
it telling me its being used by a program. no programs are running
(according to task manager), of course there are a multitude of processes
but none of them are taking any cpu usage
i've tied the command line window and get the same result, being used by
another program.
the computer hard drive seems to go berserk for a while after i try to
delete, and the computer is slower.
i have watched the processes when trying to delete and nothing changes,
system idle 94-96%, explorer, 1-2%system 1-2% task manager 1-2%.
I have also tried renaming the file , same result, i tred divfix 'thisis not
a avi file'
any ideas?
ps, sorry if this is not the right group, if thats the case can you point me
in the right direction

 

[sammyk64]

Make a note of where that file is located, then reboot your system to the
dos prompt. Type in that location, most likely in your My Documents folder.
If you know basic DOS commands, you can use them to delete that file. Or,
maybe rebooting in safe mode will let you. I've had that same problem
before, and have use both methods to get rid of them. A bit of a pain, but
they are effective. Good luck.