JasonP said:
when trying to delete a movie file I am getting an error saying that
it can not be deleted due to the fact that it is being used by
another user or program. I have rebooted my computer and shut down
all other programs and the error remains. In addition, after the
error message occurs my computer freezes up or is extremely slow
running programs. Any suggestions on what might be the problem?
Media Files - particularly video - that you cannot delete?
First, try this registry hack to help speed things up:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1209/
Your choices then are:
(1)
Open Task Manager and kill off all Explorer processors.
Open just one instance to get your desktop back.
Do not use Windows Explorer to get to the file, do it at a command prompt
with CD and such command line things.
Then DEL the file in question.
(2)
Reboot the computer.
Do all of this as soon as you get logged in:
Do not use Windows Explorer to get to the file, do it at a command prompt
with CD and such command line things.
Then DEL the file in question.
(3)
Reboot the computer into SAFE MODE.
Attempt to delete the file there either with the command prompt method or
Windows Explorer.
(Detailed Version of the deletion process above)
Write down the exact path and full filename of the file in question.
Reboot/Kill Explorer and restart it/Reboot into Safe mode.
Without using Windows Explorer or My Computer, open a Command Prompt
(Start -> Run and type in CMD).
Change into the directory in question:
CD "X:\blah directory\blah sub-directory\"
(Quotes good.)
Then type in DIR to make sure you are in the right place..
Then type in:
del "filename you wrote down.ext"
It seems Windows XP is reading the file information of the
movie/mpg/avi/blah blah files all the time.. If anything
is wrong/weird/etc - it may not let go for you to erase it.
Thus, in a command prompt, this does not happen. The
reboot/killing of Explorer processes/etc simply clears things
up first.
