Marvin
December 24th 03, 05:38 PM
I found this one on Doug Knox=B4s site:
Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all=20
open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE =20
Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. =20
Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt=20
window and change to the directory the AVI (or other=20
undeletable file) is located in. At the command prompt=20
type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the file you=20
wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File,=20
New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI=20
shell. Close Task Manager
>-----Original Message-----
>I was moving an AVI file from a cd to my hard drive and=20
>the transfer's progress froze when it was almost done so=20
>I closed the transfer and reset the computer. The AVI=20
>file is on my computer now but it doesn't work and my=20
>computer is running slower. When I try to delete the=20
>AVI, it says that a program is using the file, which I=20
>find odd because I have tried resetting several times. =20
I=20
>physically disconnected my computer from the LAN that=20
I'm=20
>on to make sure someone wasn't on my computer trying to=20
>get the file. Please, please, please, someone help. I=20
>really don't want to reinstall windows.
>.
>
Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all=20
open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE =20
Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. =20
Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt=20
window and change to the directory the AVI (or other=20
undeletable file) is located in. At the command prompt=20
type DEL <filename> where <filename> is the file you=20
wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File,=20
New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI=20
shell. Close Task Manager
>-----Original Message-----
>I was moving an AVI file from a cd to my hard drive and=20
>the transfer's progress froze when it was almost done so=20
>I closed the transfer and reset the computer. The AVI=20
>file is on my computer now but it doesn't work and my=20
>computer is running slower. When I try to delete the=20
>AVI, it says that a program is using the file, which I=20
>find odd because I have tried resetting several times. =20
I=20
>physically disconnected my computer from the LAN that=20
I'm=20
>on to make sure someone wasn't on my computer trying to=20
>get the file. Please, please, please, someone help. I=20
>really don't want to reinstall windows.
>.
>