unable to delete

[kevboy]

this is bugging me to hell i have a file which is about 700Mb it was spoz to be .avi file but it dont open and i cant delete it, any ideas on how to delete this file cos every time i try a box pops up telling me its being used by another program or application.

I tried booting into safe mode but it still wont let me delete it !! any ideas ?

 

[Dutcho]

Oooo was i a rude vid ??? Have you tried booting up in safe mode and then deleting it. ?

 

[Padda]

Safe mode should do this cos its probably permissions related. If not try using some third party tools like Norton ERD Commander or piggybacking your hard drive in another machine.

 

[kevboy]

yeah tried it in safe mode, i'll try the norton thing.

"Oooo was i a rude vid ??? " lol.. No it was spoz to be football factory.

 

[Padda]

Quality Film! Sounds like the files corrupt. Try running chkdsk on your hard drive as well if you can't get hold of the tools. Good luck m8.

 

[Kris]

This is a common XP problem. I've got an install file that's the same on my desktop.

There are programs around on the net that'll delete any file you set it to before Windows gets the chance to boot.

There's one mentioned here: http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/howto-delete-xp.html

 

[kevboy]

thanks kris that did the trick, the file in question is no more !

 

[whogiveaffff]

task manager

have you tried looking in processes in task mangager see if thier any thing strange runing

 

[Psy]

Move on boot

Had same problem.

After a lot of searching and reading and trying other stuff that didn't work this did.

Free utility "Move on Boot" sorts this out -
http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/moveonboot.html