re: Cannot delete a file in XP Saturday, July 5, 2003 at 12:00 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by mark (2 messages posted) Ha, omg i figured it out.....you know when u are in explorer and EVERYTIME u click on a new avi file a mini window of it pops up on the bottom left....if not click on a pop down mnei called Details, and then try and delete the file......i realized the program or "other user" that was using the file was merely that mini version of the avi....this happens with most avi s so just click on "Details" so it displays info on the vid file or whatever then delete :) On Saturday, June 28, 2003 at 7:16 am, blingbling wrote: > > >I had a 700Gb file which I couldn't delete because of "in use by other file". Chkdsk >did not show error, however filemanager getting very slow and continually taking >more memory (as seen in taskmgr). >Tried using the renaming method, the cmd prompt and forced del method as per this >thread with no luck. >Alex's method of killing explorer, forced del at cmd prompt (and then reboot from >taskmgr) worked, and now filemanager back to speed as well. Thanks Alex! Written in response to: re: Cannot delete a file in XP (blingbling: Saturday, June 28, 2003 at 7:16 am) Responses to this message: File deletion error - XP W98 *$#!! 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