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Posted by variableS on May-10-2005 20:58:

Problems deleting an AVI

I was doing doing some spring cleaning of my hard drive, and was trying to delete an avi file. But this one file is being a bitch. When I try to delete it, Windows says that the file is in use by another program, when it obviously isn't.

Anyone know how I can boot this file to the curb like an unwanted guest?

Posted by dj tek on May-10-2005 21:22:

uh oh.....

Posted by Highmay on May-10-2005 22:29:

get a mac

Posted by nchs09 on May-10-2005 22:39:

get an ipod

Posted by Trancer-X on May-10-2005 22:40:

Pocket Killbox

Posted by DJ_Lord on May-10-2005 23:08:

do the ms-dos thing ,it always works!

Posted by fb47570 on May-10-2005 23:16:

open up notepad under start...programs...accessories.

type in some random characters.

save the text file as the same name as the avi in the same location.
if it asks whether you want to overwrite the file, say yes.

then you should be able to delete the now-overwritten file.

Posted by vtec junkie on May-10-2005 23:49:

Restarting your computer should solve the problem.

Posted by Trancer-X on May-11-2005 00:15:

DEL C:\XXX.avi <ENTER>

I'm making the assumption that since an intelligent person such as variableS is seeking our help, that most other options (aside from the DOS command line attempt) have been exhausted.

Have you tried deleting it after booting in Safe Mode, variableS?

Posted by variableS on May-11-2005 05:26:

yea i tried deleting in ms-dos. but the command line says filename not found

i'll try the notepad idea

Posted by EarnYourKeep on May-11-2005 12:52:

quote:
Originally posted by variableS
yea i tried deleting in ms-dos. but the command line says filename not found

i'll try the notepad idea

SAFE-MODE

Posted by jurel on May-11-2005 14:23:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
SAFE-MODE

yup.. safe-mode's your best bet. when your computer boots up, keep hitting F8 until you get the windows bootup menu, and select safe mode. after that go attack the avi because safe mode doesn't load anything but the bare Windows

Posted by Highmay on May-11-2005 14:51:

OR you can get one of these babies and never worry about something as frustrating as deleting files again...<---click it