re: Cannot delete a file in XP Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 3:14 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by eNos (1 messages posted) I did this and it worked out great. Thank you Alex!! I wrote down the exact file name which happened to be Movie.avi. Then I wrote down the directory which was C:\Documents and Settings\Wade\My Documents\Movie.avi. I opened task manager (ctr + alt + del) and ended the process to explorer.exe which I noticed when ever I tried to open this .avi file would eat all the processor speed. Then when the icons were gone (which will happen) I went to file and new task (run) which will open a dos window. It had me already in C:\Documents and Settings\Wade:> or something like that I then typed exactly what Alex told me to which would appear in its entirety as C:\Documents and Settings\Wade:>del "C:\Documents and Settings\Wade\My Documents\Movie.avi" and hit enter and it was gone when I restarted my computer. Kudos and thanks!!! On Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 11:10 am, alex wrote: > Hello, > >When the file is in use by another program or user it is pobably by explorer.exe >(corrupted by copy cd with bad block on it or ....) > >You just open taskmanager and end the process tree explorer, be sure to select tree >... > >Jou see no more icons on your desktop ... > >Push alt+control+delete and run cmd. > >In the dos session type the following > >c:\ del "c:\foldername\filetobedeleted.xxx" > >after you reopen explorer from the tasmanager (browse in the windows folder for explorer.exe) > >Icons back and check if the file in question is deleted. > >That's how i solved this issue ... > >Hope it helps you... > >A > > Written in response to: re: Cannot delete a file in XP (alex: Sunday, June 22, 2003 at 11:10 am) There are presently no replies to this message. 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