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I have a file in my C:\ root directory. It is 2.5 gigabytes. I do not need this file. It will not die. Windows says something is using the file, even if I boot into bare-bones XP. Help me kill it. Please. I need that space.
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I've had that before with large AVI downloads before. One way that sometimes works is cutting and pasting it into the recycle bin instead of dragging or pressing delete. I have no idea why it worked but it did...sometimes.
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WTF... that actually worked! It shouldn't've, but it did! I dragged it from root to recycle bin, and it went. It wouldn't do that last time I tried. I don't know what was different, but it's gone now. Thanks.
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Always glad to be of help. Which, normally, is never.
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XP has a nasty bug that prevents you from deleting files with an .avi extension. Open Regedit, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler, remove the default value (should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"), and reboot.
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Actually, I've had problems in the past deleting video files because the side-bar was trying to read them and provide a preview. I just had to wait a few minutes.
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It was immune from deletion because it was'nt "networked".
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