Kelly-What's the fix number for ability to delete avi files

[Jeanette Harper]

I have lost this fix and can't find it on your site
I have some avi files I need to delete and get the famous error that the
file is being used by another program

thanks

jeanette

 

[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.

 

[Maureen Goldman]

I have lost this fix and can't find it on your site
I have some avi files I need to delete and get the famous error that the
file is being used by another program

Here are the URLs for Kelly's tweak and a-z pages
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm:

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Close all open apps. Open a command prompt (Start/Run/CMD) and navigate to
the directory with the offending file(s). Then open the Task Manager and
click on the Processes tab, select "explorer.exe" under Image Name. Click
"End Process".

In the opened Command Prompt, DEL the offending files (DEL *.mpg, DEL
mus*.avi, DEL test.wmv, etc.) Once done, 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.

Can't Delete a File or Folder in XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Ends the Process - AVI Search Remove (Line 74)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm



/xp_tweaks.htm

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[Steve]

If you run into this problem and can't delete the file, you can still delete
it through <GASP> DOS. Yes, the dos prompt works in XP. All you have to do
is exit Windows Explorer, run the dos command prompt and navigate to your
folder with the files you want to delete. Type del *.avi (the * being the
file name of the file you want to delete) and presto, its gone. Now type
exit and go back to the directory where the file is that you deleted and you
will see it is gone.

I know this script that Kelly has is easier, but really, you should retain
at least a small amount of older technology information so that when you do
loose the easy fix and cant find it you will still have a way of doing what
you want to do. DOS has saved my A@@ more than once since I have been using
computers which is only about 15 years so I don't have near the experience
or expertise that others do.