Undeletable files... and how to delete them?

[Astrife]

There are certain files that I'm trying to delete from my
hardrive and everytime I click delete I get an error
message saying that the file is in use by another person
or program. I've shutdown everything running, i'm not on
a network, and I still cannot delete this files. Is there
anything I can do to get rid of them? Thanks

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Are they media files? Open the media player, remove the files from the
playlist. Then try deleting the files. Otherwise, see:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks2.htm#fix

Select "delete an undeletable file in WindowsXP" from the dropdown.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Astrife" > wrote in message
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> There are certain files that I'm trying to delete from my
> hardrive and everytime I click delete I get an error
> message saying that the file is in use by another person
> or program. I've shutdown everything running, i'm not on
> a network, and I still cannot delete this files. Is there
> anything I can do to get rid of them? Thanks