can't delete files

[Steve]

can't delete files error msg file in use. Even in safe
mode I get the same error msg.

 

[Pat Garard]

EXACTLY WHAT FILES???
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Hope this helps!

Pat Garard
Australia.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau

 

[dev]

Steve said:

Can't delete files error msg file in use. Even in safe
mode I get the same error msg.

Click Kelly's link below, go to the "F" section and scroll down to
"Files... permissions"

 

[steve]

700+mb .avi

-----Original Message-----
EXACTLY WHAT FILES???
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Hope this helps!

Pat Garard
Australia.
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau




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[Maureen Goldman]

700+mb .avi

Kelly has instructions for removing an AVI file in her A-Z area under
"AVI - Remove", as follows.

Close all open apps. Open a command prompt and navigate to the
directory with the offending files. Then open the Task Manager and
click on the Processes tab. select "explorer.exe" under Image Name.
Click "End Process".

Now you will only have the command prompt and the task manager. In the
Command Prompt, DEL the offending files
(DEL *.mpg, DEL mus*.avi, DEL test.wmv, etc.)

The files should now delete without a problem. Now go back to the task
manager and click on the Applications tab. Click the "New Task..."
button. in the dialog, type explorer.exe and click OK.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

700+mb .avi

This is usually because explorer has stuck, trying to find extra info in
it (like Artist, Title, frame rate, codec) so as to show them in
Properties, or Details lists. Often if it uses DivX which did not come
out until after XP. There is the method Kelly has if this is a one-off,
see another post, or you can stop explorer from looking into the files
in the first place (which will speed up opening folders of them if you
do not really want that info): run regedit.exe, open to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex

and delete the PropertyHandler sub-key

 

[Alex Nichol]

700+mb .avi

This is usually because explorer has stuck, trying to find extra info in
it (like Artist, Title, frame rate, codec) so as to show them in
Properties, or Details lists. Often if it uses DivX which did not come
out until after XP. There is the method Kelly has if this is a one-off,
see another post, or you can stop explorer from looking into the files
in the first place (which will speed up opening folders of them if you
do not really want that info): run regedit.exe, open to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex

and delete the PropertyHandler sub-key