cant delete file...

RAAF453_Shep · Post by **RAAF453_Shep** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:37 am

well I dl'd a movie last evening... scanned it with my up to date AVG ( it said no virus ) , and then tried to open it in DIVX.
No such luck. It's now 4 hours later, and if I even open the folder its in , the pc doesnt respond . I even tried to go in SAFE mode to try and got the same error ... "can not delete , being used by another user or program" ? I even tried to block all traffic thru my firewall to see... no joy.

I ran CCleaner to remove all entries in Windows explorer , and the same result.... I cant even get the properties on it to come up.

any ideas on what I should try next ?
on a fresh reboot , everything else works fine. all the other avi's in the same directory work as usual.

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:58 am

Does it have a really long name for the movie? Basically most of it random letters and symbols.

Mactron · Post by **Mactron** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:45 am

RAAF453_Shep wrote:"can not delete , being used by another user or program" ?

This has worked for me a couple of times when getting message(s) like this. HTH
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Unlocker_d4660.html

RAAF453_Shep · Post by **RAAF453_Shep** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:29 pm

Thanks M8, worked smooth. what I reaaaaly liked about it is the shell extension it added to the right click menu !

It's added to my archive in Utilities.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:41 pm

mnosteele52 wrote:Does it have a really long name for the movie? Basically most of it random letters and symbols.

Heh heh...that ones made it's way into some threads here a few times.