Trouble deleting files

[Paul]

I have been trying to clean up some space on my hd and I
was trying to delete some large files. I keep getting a
sharing violation and it will not let me delete the files
or rename them or anything else. These files are all 100
meg or more. What do I need to do to fix this? Anybody
have an answer?

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Press F8 during the early boot stage, then boot up in Safe
Mode and delete the files.

 

[Paul]

That's fine and everything, but what do you think is the
cause of the sharing violation? I would like to fix more
than just the symptons.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You can try and find out what locks your files by running one
of these tools:

nthandle.exe from www.sysInternals.com
oh.exe (Win2000 Resource Kit)
compmgmt.msc"-Shared Folders-Open Files

Once you know what application locks up the files, you
need to explorer that particular application.

 

[Gary Smith]

That's fine and everything, but what do you think is the
cause of the sharing violation? I would like to fix more
than just the symptons.

You're likely to get better answers if you tell us what the files are and
where they're located.