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re: unable to delete a file Monday, November 11, 2002 at 12:06 am Posted by Ron (53 messages posted) The problem isn't caused by NTFS. This same type of problem happens on FAT partitions as well. It's likely that when the program crashed and you rebooted, the entry in the registry that "says" that the file is in use did not get removed or the file attribute is set to system. Which means you may need to edit the registry. Try scanreg /restore at the command prompt if that doesn't work, you may need to edit it manually. Regarding your thought of reverting back to FAT, I wouldn't. The only way to "convert" is to reformat the drive and reinstall everything. On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, November 11, 2002 at 12:17 am Posted by p.prk (2 messages posted) explorer slowed down like hell whatever i tried* to do with the problematic file, even check it's properties. you must be right about the registry settings, but strange enough i actually succeeded on deleting it (the file) by deleting the directory it was in. i'll still check the registry. thanks! On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 12:06 am, Ron wrote: >The problem isn't caused by NTFS. This same type of problem happens on FAT partitions >as well. It's likely that when the program crashed and you rebooted, the entry in >the registry that "says" that the file is in use did not get removed or the file >attribute is set to system. Which means you may need to edit the registry. Try >scanreg /restore at the command prompt if that doesn't work, you may need to edit >it manually. Regarding your thought of reverting back to FAT, I wouldn't. The only >way to "convert" is to reformat the drive and reinstall everything. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, November 11, 2002 at 3:16 am Posted by Raymond (2 messages posted) Ga naar de Start-knop Kies "Uitvoeren..." (of "Run...") Type "regedit" en druk op enter (u bevindt zich nu in het register!!) Verwijder de volgende registersleutel: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32 Let er goed op dat u niets anders wijzigt !! Sluit het Register af (menu Bestand - Afsluiten) Herstart de pc Het probleem met de avi's zou verdwenen moeten zijn Opmerking: het verwijderen van die register-sleutel heeft verder geen gevolgen. On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, November 11, 2002 at 3:50 am Posted by Raymond (2 messages posted) I'm sorry, forgot to translate. Goto Start ==>Run type "regedit", enter Now you're in the register Delete this registerkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32. DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE!!! Close register and restart pc. The problem with the avi's should be disappeard. Deleting of this registerkey has no further consequences. On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 3:16 am, Raymond wrote: >Ga naar de Start-knop >Kies "Uitvoeren..." (of "Run...") >Type "regedit" en druk op enter (u bevindt zich nu in het register!!) >Verwijder de volgende registersleutel: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32 >Let er goed op dat u niets anders wijzigt !! >Sluit het Register af (menu Bestand - Afsluiten) >Herstart de pc >Het probleem met de avi's zou verdwenen moeten zijn >Opmerking: het verwijderen van die register-sleutel heeft verder geen gevolgen. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 7:25 am Posted by Wilbert (1 messages posted) Yay, dit werkte !! Bedankt. On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 3:16 am, Raymond wrote: >Ga naar de Start-knop >Kies "Uitvoeren..." (of "Run...") >Type "regedit" en druk op enter (u bevindt zich nu in het register!!) >Verwijder de volgende registersleutel: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32 >Let er goed op dat u niets anders wijzigt !! >Sluit het Register af (menu Bestand - Afsluiten) >Herstart de pc >Het probleem met de avi's zou verdwenen moeten zijn >Opmerking: het verwijderen van die register-sleutel heeft verder geen gevolgen. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, May 19, 2003 at 2:51 am Posted by vipin (2 messages posted) I too struggled with the problem of same kind. Even regedit was of no help. Finally I managed to get out of mess. I suggest you to try one simple thing which might work. Go to command prompt Change directory to E, F or G where ever the file you want to delete lies. Type del filename(i.e. name of the file you want to delete) The press enter Thats all!!!!! My best wishes. On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, May 19, 2003 at 7:05 pm Posted by miki (1 messages posted) the thing with the regestry, dleting that key worked for me thanks a lot!!!! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, May 26, 2003 at 5:32 pm Posted by Etdwh (1 messages posted) On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 3:50 am, Raymond wrote: >I'm sorry, forgot to translate. >Goto Start ==>Run >type "regedit", enter >Now you're in the register >Delete this registerkey: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32. >DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE!!! >Close register and restart pc. >The problem with the avi's should be disappeard. >Deleting of this registerkey has no further consequences. > YES !!...deleting the registry key work. i have had this problem many times. i cant remember how it finally was solved last time. but now, i know how..some regcleaner used must have cleaned it.so if u have this problem next time, try using a registry cleaner THANKS !! [Reply or follow-up to this message] ok that worked thanks! Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at 11:11 pm Posted by Consilium (2 messages posted) The deletion of the registry key worked for me also. Could you possibly explain what I just did? I am a computer technician with a pretty good working knowledge of windows but I have no idea what I did. Thanks... On Monday, November 11, 2002 at 3:50 am, Raymond wrote: >I'm sorry, forgot to translate. >Goto Start ==>Run >type "regedit", enter >Now you're in the register >Delete this registerkey: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32. >DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE!!! >Close register and restart pc. >The problem with the avi's should be disappeard. >Deleting of this registerkey has no further consequences. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 8:19 pm Posted by JimBo (4 messages posted) I had the same problem, but managed to delete via the command prompt. Thanks for the tip On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am Posted by Monty (36 messages posted) I found this VERY easy solution: Run notepad.exe Go "File" "Open" select the damn .avi and hit delete Voila! Tim [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 6:09 am Posted by alba (1 messages posted) Had to say a big THANK YOU ... I have been trying to delete some avi's for a while now & was getting very annoyed! The notepad tip worked a treat! Thanks again! On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Timothy wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 5:04 pm Posted by Xakepa[BG] (2 messages posted) Ok, brother, try something I sometimes succesfuly use in such cases : Open the movie in Windows Media Player.Wait till it starts playing, go to File>Close File is closed.Removable now.Hope it helps your problem. On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: ok that worked thanks! Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at 3:08 am Posted by Telek (1 messages posted) The root problem is that windows XP has a built in system that can scan files when you highlight them and display information about the file in a pop-up or in additional columns when in detail view, etc, etc. The particular problem here is that the "Avi Properties Handler" likes to scan AVI files when you click on them to get information, and it has to open up the file to do this. Unfortunately this takes some time, and the handler isn't written very well so it doesn't handle malformed AVI streams very nicely, causing it to "lock" the file open for a length of time while it tries to decipher the content. While this file is open you cannot rename or delete. By removing this registry key you remove the handler, so you won't get popup or additional information on these files anymore, but it also won't lock it open so that you can delete it without trouble. In response to another post, there is no such thing as "registry keys" that indicate when a file is open or closed... When a program opens a file in shared mode a hold is put on it which prevents it from being deleted or renamed. If the file is opened in exclusive read/write mode then no other program can even open it. This is all stored in memory and isn't committed anywhere. On Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at 11:11 pm, Consilium wrote: >The deletion of the registry key worked for me also. Could you possibly explain what >I just did? I am a computer technician with a pretty good working knowledge of windows >but I have no idea what I did. > >Thanks... > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 9:41 am Posted by menno (1 messages posted) Have the same problem with a 50 Mb .eps file. I'm no expert with windows XP, have moderate knowledge of computers. I Tried all the above mentioned remedies. none of em worked (I couldn't find a ..\CLSID\.. folder in my register. In command prompt window the file shows in the directory but the computer is 'unable to find' the file when asked to delete it ...) I'm starting to get really annoyed with all this.. suggestions? On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Friday, July 18, 2003 at 9:45 am Posted by mdbhayes (1 messages posted) THANK YOU !!!!!THANK YOU!!!!! You are a genius!!!! after reading many tips!!! and worry about going though all the steps posted....I finally read yours and it worked like a charm. So, simple!!!!! All I can say is...THANK YOU!!!!! On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Timothy wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Sunday, July 27, 2003 at 11:50 am Posted by frdougal (1 messages posted) I've found that the easiest method is to rename the file so that the extension is not recognised by Windows (i.e. rename file.avi to file.crap). Windows will then allow you to delete the file with no problems On Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at 9:41 am, menno wrote: >Have the same problem with a 50 Mb .eps file. I'm no expert with windows XP, have >moderate knowledge of computers. I Tried all the above mentioned remedies. none of >em worked (I couldn't find a ..\CLSID\.. folder in my register. In command prompt >window the file shows in the directory but the computer is 'unable to find' the file >when asked to delete it ...) I'm starting to get really annoyed with all this.. suggestions? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, July 28, 2003 at 7:15 am Posted by ray (1 messages posted) I also want to say a big thank you. The tip on notepad worked for me too and I am very thankful. all the best Ray On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Timothy wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 11:23 am Posted by Tim (1 messages posted) The 'Notepad technique' worked for me as well. Goto Notepad Choose > File > Open Highlight the file you want to delete with one right click Hit delete on the keyboard. Thanks for the tips everyone. Tim [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at 1:13 am Posted by Foo (35 messages posted) It can happen with any .avi, and is related to the file being 'linked' to explorer for the purpose of showing further information if required. The well known method of deleting the registry key works, but it is a permenant solution and removes the further information which i sometimes require. I use a utility that lets you shut down the task in explorer (close handle) and then delete the file, with no permenant changes. The utility can be found here................. Process Explorer for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/S2K3 Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Mark Russinovich Sysinternals www.sysinternals.com ............................... So for example, if I had a file named film.avi that i couldnt delete, I open up this util, search for 'film', when it shows the results, right click it, select 'close handle' and then delete the file, and its gone. Hope this helps, Neil On Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 11:23 am, Tim wrote: >The 'Notepad technique' worked for me as well. > >Goto Notepad >Choose > File > Open >Highlight the file you want to delete with one right click >Hit delete on the keyboard. > >Thanks for the tips everyone. Tim [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Thursday, September 4, 2003 at 10:33 am Posted by anirudha (1 messages posted) Heu thanx !! this command prompt thing worked for me. On Monday, May 19, 2003 at 2:51 am, vipin wrote: >I too struggled with the problem of same kind. Even regedit was of no help. Finally >I managed to get out of mess. I suggest you to try one simple thing which might work. >Go to command prompt >Change directory to E, F or G where ever the file you want to delete lies. >Type del filename(i.e. name of the file you want to delete) >The press enter >Thats all!!!!! >My best wishes. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Tuesday, September 9, 2003 at 7:41 pm Posted by Michael (1 messages posted) Here's a good one. None of your ideas above worked for me yet. There is a 1.4GB file on my hard drive called C:\SQL.LOG created by ODBC tracing. I stopped Tracing, stopped SQL Server, Stopped EVERY SERVICE and Process the OS would allow me to(WinXP) and I still get the message the file is in use. Renaming doesn't work. Booting into Safe Mode Command Prompt DOESN'T WORK. This file WILL NOT go away. I need another better solution. Autoexec.BAT? On Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at 1:13 am, Messa wrote: >It can happen with any .avi, and is related to the file being 'linked' to explorer >for the purpose of showing further information if required. > >The well known method of deleting the registry key works, but it is a permenant solution >and removes the further information which i sometimes require. > >I use a utility that lets you shut down the task in explorer (close handle) and then >delete the file, with no permenant changes. > >The utility can be found here................. > >Process Explorer for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/S2K3 >Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Mark Russinovich >Sysinternals >www.sysinternals.com > >............................... > >So for example, if I had a file named film.avi that i couldnt delete, I open up this >util, search for 'film', when it shows the results, right click it, select 'close >handle' and then delete the file, and its gone. > >Hope this helps, > >Neil > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Friday, September 19, 2003 at 3:12 pm Posted by Langus (1 messages posted) Right, this is due to the XP handler. But the easy way is to wait around 30 seconds. Then, XP will release the handle and you'll be able to delete it. Better solutions are: 1) Open a Windows Explorer and go to Tools\Folder Options\View\Display file size information in folder tips 2) Use Messa's utility to delete the handler On Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at 1:13 am, Messa wrote: >It can happen with any .avi, and is related to the file being 'linked' to explorer >for the purpose of showing further information if required. > >The well known method of deleting the registry key works, but it is a permenant solution >and removes the further information which i sometimes require. > >I use a utility that lets you shut down the task in explorer (close handle) and then >delete the file, with no permenant changes. > >The utility can be found here................. > >Process Explorer for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/S2K3 >Copyright (C) 1998-2003 Mark Russinovich >Sysinternals >www.sysinternals.com > >............................... > >So for example, if I had a file named film.avi that i couldnt delete, I open up this >util, search for 'film', when it shows the results, right click it, select 'close >handle' and then delete the file, and its gone. > >Hope this helps, > >Neil > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, November 10, 2003 at 8:42 am Posted by Dani Wan (1 messages posted) That trick works with any other program that can access the files, even DOS prompt, but only in some cases because explorer.exe appearently does not take a look very often at the handlers table in RAM to figure out that the file is nolonger in use, BUT when a program crashes or it is forced to close and really leaves the handle opend to a file FORGET IT 'cos there is no way to force XP to delete the damn file. You have to restart and thus reset the handler table. This is a very annoying BUG in Windows. The OS should check what process locks the file, inform the user, and if the process is no longer active override the handler and permid access to the file. Billy is the one we should write to...damn... On Monday, July 28, 2003 at 7:15 am, ray wrote: >I also want to say a big thank you. The tip on notepad worked for me too and I am >very thankful. all the best >Ray > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete AutoCAD 2004 (C) AutoDesk.exe file Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 6:13 pm Posted by Barry (1 messages posted) Hi. I tried every fix listed in this thread and windows wont allow a delete in Windows, a command prompt, cannot move, rename, delete, etc the file. Nothing seems to work, and the file *was* 399 MB in size, but even after deleting the content of the file with a hex editor, it still is run by windows and nothing seems to work. Not in normal mode, safe mode, diag mode, etc. Any hints? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 6:49 pm Posted by james (1 messages posted) Tiny Tim, God bless us all, everyone! Bless you Timothy, james p.s. I had to use a demo of CleanCenter to empty bin. no sweat On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Timothy wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Friday, May 28, 2004 at 9:58 pm Posted by Louis La Bonté (1 messages posted) Wow, man, you are a genious. So simple, and yet... I wonder how you even thought about that idea?! Well, anyway, it works!! On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Monty wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Monday, June 7, 2004 at 12:29 am Posted by Gec Soft (2 messages posted) ***************************************** If you have a file that has a long name and it can’t be edited by Windows and is stuck and want to get rid of it the ways some user have mentioned above but don’t know or want to do it the long way and would prefer to just drag drop the file in to a program and press delete? Well if you join with www.Gecclub.tk they have programs for doing this there are three ways you can do it by, Dos, Start Up and another way. Download this program for free. It’s a freeware. It worked for me I had three files I downloaded from Win MX and they had a 50 word file name but now all three are gone I deleted a bmp and a avi file using the Dos method and a normal file with the delete on start up method its great learn more and download it from www.Gecclub.tk ***************************************** [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a .eps file Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 10:11 pm Posted by estebe (1 messages posted) better batch file solution at bottom http://www.moviecodec.com/thread/3588.html On Friday, September 19, 2003 at 3:12 pm, Langus wrote: >Right, this is due to the XP handler. But the easy way is to wait around 30 seconds. >Then, XP will release the handle and you'll be able to delete it. > >Better solutions are: >1) Open a Windows Explorer and go to Tools\Folder Options\View\Display file size >information in folder tips >2) Use Messa's utility to delete the handler > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 11:53 pm Posted by 777 (1 messages posted) Try deleting the file and then quickly select another file and it should "let that file go"... hope this helps :-) On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Thursday, July 7, 2005 at 8:04 am Posted by JAmes (1 messages posted) Thanks loads. I TRIED SEVERAL OF THE METHOD PUT FORWARD IN THIS THREAD BUT NONE WORKED UNTILL I TRIED THIS ONE. THANKS AGAIN On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Monty wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 12:53 am Posted by Bob D. (5 messages posted) Wow - sorry to bump an old thread but just want to say thanks. I searched this forum and found this thread - the delete in notepad method worked for an .avi file that windows said was in use. Safe mode did not work... When I clicked on the file, explorers virtual memory grew continuously and the CPU went to and stayed at 100 % - it froze my pc. Anyone know why it sent resources soaring? This was on a FAT 32 drive on XP/ THANKS! On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 11:37 am, Monty wrote: >I found this VERY easy solution: >Run notepad.exe >Go "File" "Open" >select the damn .avi and hit delete >Voila! > > > >Tim > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 1:17 pm Posted by amale (2 messages posted) My thoughts are that Windblows was trying to open an associated program that went with that file but because of a problem with the file it casues an issue with that program, looking at the task manager while trying to open that file or delete that file gives the clue of what is going on. Respectfully, On Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 12:53 am, Bob D. wrote: >Wow - sorry to bump an old thread but just want to say thanks. >I searched this forum and found this thread - the delete in notepad method worked >for an .avi file that windows said was in use. Safe mode did not work... > >When I clicked on the file, explorers virtual memory grew continuously and the CPU >went to and stayed at 100 % - it froze my pc. Anyone know why it sent resources soaring? >This was on a FAT 32 drive on XP/ >THANKS! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:17 am Posted by Sven (1 messages posted) Hi, I really need some help! I've read through all the comments on this page and have tried most if not all of them with no success. I have a .mov file (quicktime?) on my laptop which I downloaded from limewire. I want to delete the file but windows vista says I do not have permission or ownership of the file in order to delete it. Help! On Monday, May 19, 2003 at 2:51 am, vipin wrote: >I too struggled with the problem of same kind. Even regedit was of no help. Finally >I managed to get out of mess. I suggest you to try one simple thing which might work. >Go to command prompt >Change directory to E, F or G where ever the file you want to delete lies. >Type del filename(i.e. name of the file you want to delete) >The press enter >Thats all!!!!! >My best wishes. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Friday, May 11, 2007 at 1:57 pm Posted by MartinM (4453 messages posted) It would be a good plan to post your Vista problems in the Vista forum :-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 2:19 pm Posted by normxxx (13 messages posted) Check out: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/sysinternalssuite.mspx The app file that will do the trick is "pendmove" "Process Explorer" will tell you who has the file open. On Sunday, November 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm, p.prk wrote: >yesterday i tried to fix a bad indexed divx .avi . it was like 600Mb in size and >the divfix program hung up at one time so i had to reboot. when restarted and tried >to delete the file i got "Cannot delete [file] : It is being used by another person >or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." after >which the explorer started to act wickedly - slowed down, hang up ... i tried rebooting >in safe mode, logging as an administrator and deleting the file, alas with no success. >so now i'm feeling helpless stuck with an useless 600Mb file on my system partition >which is small enough to afford the luxury of keeping and not minding the bastard >(.avi). ntfs here/i even started thinking of converting back to fat32, booting from >a diskette and trying removing the file, but that would take much time/need much >space, and i'm not even sure how to convert back to fat32 [glimpsed at the ntfs>fat32 >thread and the waters there were unknown to me]. so any/all help would be highly >appreciated. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Friday, December 14, 2007 at 7:45 am Posted by Anwer Hussain (1 messages posted) Today I tried to delete any file from my partition but it does not work I need help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 2:37 am Posted by branson (1 messages posted) i have tried everything that everyone has tried but the files are still not being deleted.It wont even let me watch them any more. i was moving them around from folder to folder along with deleting some files when it messed up. they are on my external hardrive and when i try it says " cannot delete [NTF]file name: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use, Also it wont open in note pad. i cant change the name, and says access denied when trying to open it with other programs. Any help anyone can offer would be great thanxs. On Friday, December 14, 2007 at 7:45 am, Anwer Hussain wrote: >Today I tried to delete any file from my partition but it does not work I need help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: unable to delete a file Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 8:39 am Posted by larry neff (1 messages posted) YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THRU ALL THIS REGISTRY BUSINESS, AND IT'S DANGEROUS. JUST DO THIS: Windows explorer.exe, the thing that keeps track of open files, gets confused about which files are still in use. So just kill it and restart it. Alt-Ctl-Del Task Manager Click the Processes tab Sort into name order by clicking Image Name heading. Find, click explorer.exe Click the End Process button. File->New Task (Run...) Enter "explorer" Click Ok Your desktop icons have disappeared and reappeared. Now you can delete/rename the file. On Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 2:37 am, branson wrote: > > >i have tried everything that everyone has tried but the files are still not being >deleted.It wont even let me watch them any more. i was moving them around from folder >to folder along with deleting some files when it messed up. they are on my external >hardrive and when i try it says " cannot delete [NTF]file name: Access is denied. >Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently >in use, Also it wont open in note pad. i cant change the name, and says access denied >when trying to open it with other programs. Any help anyone can offer would be great >thanxs. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum