Cannot Delete file copied from a CDR onto HD

[Damon]

I burned a mpeg file of a movie onto a CDR, then deleted
the file off my D: Drive. I now want to watch the movie,
so i copied it onto my D drive and attempted to watch it,
it did not work. So i tried deleting the now corrupt file,
and it gives me the error message

"cannot delete file: it is being used by another person or
program. close any programs that might be using the file
and try again"

I have restored my system to the previous day, and have
restarted my computer. and i still get this message. My
computer is totally out of whack right now, please help!
Keep in mind this is on my D drive, not my C drive.
thanks, and please reply to my email address

[Ray Taylor]

Try booting in safe mode and deleting it.



Ray Taylor

"Damon" > wrote in message
...
> I burned a mpeg file of a movie onto a CDR, then deleted
> the file off my D: Drive. I now want to watch the movie,
> so i copied it onto my D drive and attempted to watch it,
> it did not work. So i tried deleting the now corrupt file,
> and it gives me the error message
>
> "cannot delete file: it is being used by another person or
> program. close any programs that might be using the file
> and try again"
>
> I have restored my system to the previous day, and have
> restarted my computer. and i still get this message. My
> computer is totally out of whack right now, please help!
> Keep in mind this is on my D drive, not my C drive.
> thanks, and please reply to my email address
>

[Kenny]

Courtesy of Doug Knox.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_undeletable_file.htm

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Kenny


"Damon" > wrote in message
...
> I burned a mpeg file of a movie onto a CDR, then deleted
> the file off my D: Drive. I now want to watch the movie,
> so i copied it onto my D drive and attempted to watch it,
> it did not work. So i tried deleting the now corrupt file,
> and it gives me the error message
>
> "cannot delete file: it is being used by another person or
> program. close any programs that might be using the file
> and try again"
>
> I have restored my system to the previous day, and have
> restarted my computer. and i still get this message. My
> computer is totally out of whack right now, please help!
> Keep in mind this is on my D drive, not my C drive.
> thanks, and please reply to my email address
>