deconstructedozone Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I have an mpeg file that's virtually impossible to get rid of. Whenver I right click on the file itself I get: add to playlist, add to burnlist, add to sync list, and add to now playing list. There's no delete option, and it's impossible to drag it into another folder or rename it. Whenever I try to rename it a little window ding sound happens. I'm practically tearing my hair out over trying to delete this impossible to delete file. Any helpful solutions to this problem would be gratefully appreciated!Title edited -- Please, use [TAGS] in your topic's title.Please follow XP Forum Rules from now on.--Sonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazmire11 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 well first is anything useing the file usefullif nothing is using the file that should be able to delete it.if not rebooting to safe mode normaly fixes it strait up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Press the delete key? Or you could do it from the command prompt if rebooting doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 if you are using XP pro, then deny permision access to the file by deleting all users from the security tab. Reboot and then add just yourself as a user with access and delete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pady Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 i would also recommend using unlocker to release the file so that it can be deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakatomi2010 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Open a command prompt window and get yourself into the directory of the file you're trying to delete...Bring up the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del)End the "Explorer.exe" process, this will shut the shell down, but your command prompt will still be open. From the command prompt delete the file... If it says it's still in use then yeah... Get the unlocker program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garnet Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 U can also try thishttp://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 You can fix this "bug" of windows with that regkeyREGEDIT4[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mpg\shellex\PropertyHandler][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.mpeg\shellex\PropertyHandler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jftuga Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 If all of the above options fail, try booting into safe-mode and then deleting the file.-John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicket20519 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Call Ghost Busters!I had a similar problem last week, a darn folder wouldn't delete. I booted into safe mode like someone above suggested, and was able to delete the folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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