help deleting a file

[Adam]

there is a file that is being used by the system, hence i
can't delete it, but it's an avi file. I need to delete
this.

Can someone help?

Thanks,
Adam

 

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Boot the machine into safe mode and delete it there.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Greetings

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry
key.

Goto Start>>Run>>Type "regedit" goto

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850D
C73E}\InProcServer32] - Delete this key

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in response to file
property queries on these files.

 

[purplehaz]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del



Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)

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.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Delete Stubborn AVI Files
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1206650,00.asp


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there is a file that is being used by the system, hence i
can't delete it, but it's an avi file. I need to delete
this.

Can someone help?

Thanks,
Adam

 

[Alex Nichol]

there is a file that is being used by the system, hence i
can't delete it, but it's an avi file. I need to delete
this.

This is because Explorer goes looking into the files when you open a
folder, to look for the extra info about Properties - like resolution,
frame rate, etc. And gets in a loop, so the program that is using the
file is the very Explorer you are trying to delete with. It seems to
happen particularly if the DivX codec (that came out after XP) has been
used.

A way to handle it is to r-click in the Task bar and take Task Manager..
Also have All Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt open, and use the
CD command in it to get to the folder containing the file. Then in Task
Manager, Processes, highlight explorer.exe and End Task. All the
desktop will vanish, leaving those two windows - in the Command prompt
one use DEL to delete the file(s), then in Task manager take File -
NewTask (Run) and run explorer.exe to bring the desktop back. A tedious
process.

It may be best for people with a lot of these files to do without the
extra property info - Start - run - regedit.exe, open to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler

highlight that and delete it