Deleting file

[somewhere]

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

 

[Andrew Lomakin [MCP - WinXP]]

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

 

[Taurarian]

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

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Open the Media Player, remove that file from the playlist. Close the media
player and retry deleting the file.

--
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

 

[somewhere]

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

 

[Ed Sproull [MSFT]]

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