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Omega
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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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B.J.
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I don't know why, but for me, using the command prompt to manually delete it sometimes works.

B.J.

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Omega
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Won't do it.

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TSN
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What's the file called?
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Omega
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"Battlestar Galactica.avi"

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Reverend
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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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Omega
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Nope, that didn't work either.

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WizArtist
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Have you tried to "Move" it to recycle?

Have you closed all your media players?

Another idea is to take another, smaller, AVI and save it as that file. Then see if it will delete.

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Omega
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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. [Smile]

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WizArtist
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Always glad to be of help. Which, normally, is never.

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Cartman
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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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Lee
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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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Grokca
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It was a ragtag file that refused to die.

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Jason Abbadon
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It was immune from deletion because it was'nt "networked".

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