How do I delete a file

[Chris Miller]

How do I delete a file forcefully? It says it's in use, but it is not.

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[David Candy]

Depends on the file?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Chris,

Media file? Start the media player and remove that file from the playlist.
Then close it and retry deleting it.

See this from MVP Kelly if it doesn't help:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

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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

 

[Patrick Mann [MSFT]]

Here's a very handy utility you can use to see who is holding onto the file:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/handle.shtml
It runs fine on XP.

-Patrick

 

[johnf]

Excuse my ignorance, but how do you run it?
I just get a 'DOS' screen flashing through & that's it.

The web page says type in xxxx, but how & where?

 

[David Candy]

Preface the command with cmd /k. If you were using the inbuilt utility (oh from the support tools on the CD) you would type
cmd /k oh

They aren't dos programs. Dos programs can be told to stay open after they exit. They are Win32 console programs.