Re: Large Avi file delete

relic, <complaints@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the derelict, pettifogging gutter
***, and bathhouse and brothel keeper, drizzled:

> Lord Gazwad of Grantham wrote:
>> relic, <complaints@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the backwoods, snobbish ***
>> sucker, and street sanitation worker, harangued:
>>
>>> W Hall wrote:
>>>> Is there a program that deletes a file no mater what. I have a
>>>> large avi file I cannot delete. I tried unlock but that does not
>>>> work. Safe mode does not work. Its says its being used but no
>>>> program is using it.Thx in advance
>>>
>>> It's in use be Explorer itself. (Common for folders that contain
>>> music or picture files.)
>>>
>>> Open a command window (Start, Run, type in cmd and hit enter), start
>>> Task Manager (Control+Alt+Delete keys) and highlight 'explorer.exe'
>>> on the Processes tab -- click on the "End Process" button. Back in
>>> the command window, remove the folder using the DEL command... back
>>> to the Task Manager and restart Explorer (File, New Task, type in
>>> explorer.exe).
>>
>> It's common for those who download corrupted or incomplete .avi files
>> from file sharing resources.
>> The problem occurs when windows cannot find or access the file
>> headers that contain various parameters such as size, dimensions,
>> length etc. Windows attempts to scan through the entire file so that
>> it may calculate the parameters for display in explorer.
>>
>> One may wish to rename the file so it's no longer an .avi. Of course,
>> most of the halfwits who obtain files through p2p are too fucking
>> dumb to be able to rename the file in such a way that the file isn't
>> already locked. The alternative is a regedit which prevent windows
>> from trying to obtain the information from the file in the first
>> place.
>
> Also, displaying in Details with all the details except its name
> turned off will often let you delete it.
>
>>
>> Why hasn't M$ addressed this old chestnut, one may ask.
>
> It's in the queue... right after the disappearing Volume Control.
>
> One can get an Explorer substitute too.
> http://pricelessware.org/thelist/fil.htm#Top

Personally, I gave up using avi files years ago.

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