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I have a 1.5 gig avi file....when I go to delete it, I get a message "Cannot delete 020517-1903-52020517-SxFxZxQx: It is being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again." I even booted in SAFE mode and got the same message. HELP ME !
if the problem that the file is large, u can zip it and then delete
i have another idea, u put this file in a folder then delete the folder
i am not sure will this help or not
thx for tring if u tried
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can't move it to a folder....remember it is in use !
zipping it still leaves the original.......
I suspect this is a Windows "feature" and that there is a work-around.
come on folks - help !
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so what about knowing which drive is containing it and then replace all the important things from this drive
after that format the drive
so for sure this file will be deleted
waiting for your reply
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Try launching the task manager (hit ctrl+shift+esc) and end process on explorer.exe under the processes tab. Then click File>new task and type explorer and hit enter. Try to delete the file and see if this helped. This will normally do the trick.
Hope this helps
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Try to find a small textfile and put it in the same folder as the large file. Now try to delete both together. It actually worked a couple of times for me...
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You maybe used some P2P software(Kazaa or Direct Connect etc....) If you used one of these then open program, cancel downloading properly,shut program and then try to delete file.
Once more-if u are using one of these!!
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2 Possible solutions:
Solution 1
------------1. Open up regedit
2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"Voila! Please not that this will no longer provide you with the windows properties displaying the AVI file information such as width, height, bitrate etc. But its a small price to pay for saving you resources.
Solution 2
-----------File may be sitting in file sharing prgram folder and smeone may be trying to upload it. Also sometimes the file just seems to lock after you have downloaded. Try restarting PC but don't start file sharing prg ... delete file.
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it's enough to boot winxp without graphical gui and delete the file using dos directive "del".
another solution is to boot from dos disk, use ntfspro 4 pro and delete the file using "del" or to use win98 + ntfs98 and delete the file from within win98
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