problems deleteing files

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There are some files I wanted to delete, however, when I the files, I get a message saying "Cannot delete (file name): Access is denied. Make sure disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." I'm pretty sure the file is not in use, and normally I just restart to solve this problem, but it doesn't seem to solve this problem. How will I be able to delete these files?
 
Greetings,

That usually means the file is in use by a program.

Start in Safe Mode, and you should be able to delete them.
(press F8 while starting, chose Safe Mode)

Quentin



DMG9 said:
There are some files I wanted to delete, however, when I the files, I get
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a message saying "Cannot delete (file name): Access is denied. Make sure
disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in
use." I'm pretty sure the file is not in use, and normally I just restart to
solve this problem, but it doesn't seem to solve this problem. How will I be
able to delete these files?
 
Like someone else suggested, use safe mode. A DOS prompt may also work, but
you would've already tried that if you knew how to do that....

If they are AVI files, however, wait for the preview to come up in the
common tasks panel, then try deleting it. It's a known bug, and there are
registry work arounds for it that let Windows delete it before previewing
it. A simple google search will give you the results....

DMG9 said:
There are some files I wanted to delete, however, when I the files, I get
Click to expand...
a message saying "Cannot delete (file name): Access is denied. Make sure
disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in
use." I'm pretty sure the file is not in use, and normally I just restart to
solve this problem, but it doesn't seem to solve this problem. How will I be
able to delete these files?
 
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