Deleting file

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I have run into a problem I can't sem to solve, I have an AVI video
file that I want to delete and it won't let me delete it.... I have
cleared all the attributes, Went down to the bare minimum programs I
have running, started XP in safe mode, and have even tried a few
older dos based file manager programs to try and delete this file but
everything I've tried doesn't work.... everytime I get the error
message " File is in use by another program, please close the other
program".. and I know for a fact that this file not being used
nowhere.. it just won't let me delete this file..... anybody else
had this problem before and know a fix... Thanks in advance
 
restart your system in safe mode, get a text-based file manager (like far -
get at www.rarlab.com) and try deleting from it
before that run chkdisk on your hard disk drives
 
Courtesy of Kelly:-
"Go to Start/Run/CMD and type in: regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
To re-enable it: regsvr32 shmedia.dll
And/or run this edit, then try to delete it.
AVI Search Remove (Line 74)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Can't Delete a File or Folder in XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del"

For more information see these links if required:-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081
You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298345
"Access Denied" Error Message When You Try to Delete a File
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319368
You Receive an "Access Denied" Error Message When You Delete Folders from a
Mounted Drive
 
Hi,

Open the Media Player, remove that file from the playlist. Close the media
player and retry 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
 
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:08:10 +0200, "Andrew Lomakin [MCP - WinXP]"

Tried all that, and it still didn't work......any other ideas
 
Will it let you rename it? Sometimes it will and then when you restart it
should let you delete the renamed file.

Ed


On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:08:10 +0200, "Andrew Lomakin [MCP - WinXP]"

Tried all that, and it still didn't work......any other ideas



restart your system in safe mode, get a text-based file manager (like far -
get at www.rarlab.com) and try deleting from it
before that run chkdisk on your hard disk drives
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