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Well, I'm stumped...
Dloaded a corrupted avi file with DirectConnect (P2P). Couldn't play it... and now can't delete it!
Message: Cannot delete [avi]: it is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the program and try again.
Ok. I'm the only user logged on. Norton AV (updated) reports nothing, Norton Firewall sees nothing peculiar. File is not write-protected, compressed or anything else.
Copy the file from D: to C: - now the same problem with both files ;)
Login as admin. All rights are normal, but take sole control with full rights anyway, and still can't delete.
Uninstall DirectConnect, reboot (several times), no success. I can't see anything using the file, or any other person using it (check this again while logged off the network).
The only other wierd symptom is a message that sometimes pops up when trying to delete that my Recycle Bin is corrupted!? Huh? Push OK to repair, and the same message above. All other files can be deleted, but not this.
Any ideas?
the P2P program is loading automatically at bootup and ceizing access to the avi file. Remove the P2P program from your startup, reboot, then delete it. You can then add it back to your startup group if you wish.
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This is the kind of problem that they made system restore for go to start programs accessories system tools system restore go back to a day before you added this and it should be gone, just make sure that anything you added after that date that you want is saved
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Thanks for the suggestions.
In the end I ran the cmd prompt and could delete from there...
...still, I wonder what is behind this problem - I've found others writing about the same glitch in various forums. The likely culprit ppl are pointing at is explorer itself?
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K this is a simple one goto a command windows and rename the file using the function "Rename", rename it to "bye" not "bye.avi" and then it will delete fine what has happend is someone has added a charactor that is not reconized by your O/S so when windows passes it to be deleted it says "I don't see that file or I can't access it" to it's self and you get an error
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Well, JG16uk's answer isn't right -- at least not for MY version of this problem -- with regard to either the cause or the fix. I can't delete or rename it from DOS unless I first use Process Explorer to remove the file's handle. And it isn't caused by a mysterious character in the name, because sometimes for no apparent reason the file becomes moveable or deletable later, without any renaming.
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A few other observations:
1. It only happens with files that I've opened with Media Player v. 6 (I don't use later versions)
2. It only seems to happen with large AVI's.
3. As has been reported in other fora, CPU usage spikes to 100% when this is going on.
4. It never happened until I upgraded from Windows ME to XP Home.
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Yeah this is a BUG !
Its got to do with MediaPlaying keeping its Big Brother lists about what you're watching !
I've been searching for a solution without sucess - but luckily I've still got 2K installed so can boot to that and delete things !But it is a bloody irritating problem !
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