Deleting windows media files

[Guest]

I have recorded a film on to my computer but want to delete it as it is taking up too much room. However it always says that it cant be deleted because it is being 'used by another person or program' I am sure that it is not being used by another person or program. It is a windows media file. PLEASE HELP! I cant even turn off my computer the file is so big! It has to go!

 

[marty]

Glenn...
why didn't you just rent a flick and play it on a normal TV like most folks
do....now see what happened.....

 

[David Candy]

The preview in Explorer has it open. Type taskmgr in Start Run. On the process tab select Explorer.exe and press delete. There may be two. In Filew - Run type cmd. Type
del <full path to file>

eg
del "C:\Documents and Settings\David Candy\My Documents\My Documents\My Videos\Windows Movie Maker Sample File.wmv"

Note quotes. Type explorer in File Run to get things started again.

 

[Guest]

Hi David

Cheers for the advice, I cant believe how many kind souls there are out there!