deleting AVI files in WinXP

[glokebrothaman]

All right for all you experts; i have WinXP Build 2600. I CANNOT Delete any .avi file unless i go into safe mode, command prompt. When i try to delete in WinXP it always says the file is in use. I turned off indexing, deleted file assocation of *.avi. Nothin worked

-Gloke
thx

[brushswinger]

Me got similar prob. Me downed Mothman Phrophecies. wont play, downed all sorts of codecs, still wont play, movie useless to me, but ME CANT DELETE IT! Bout half gig hard drive space un-useable....Btw, if ya got any tips on playing it, fel fre to let me know.

Tony :o :o

[Greg12]

u have to open a command prompt, go into the directory of the film,

then type


del *.*


Everything in the folder will go so make sure u move neything u want out to anouther folder

[glokebrothaman]

Thanks Greg12 but why can't I just archive my movies in WinXp. Why does it do that only with .avi files?

-Gloke

[kabanero]

Hi all,

Just happened to me this morning. I couldn't delete any AVI file on XP.
Then I recalled that last night i was frameserving from Virtual Dubb to LSX and I had proxyreg ON. I ran proxyregoff, restarted my computer, and everything is OK. I can delete AVI files again.

[Greg12]

you didn't ask about archiving, if you want to archive something, you wouldn't delete it.


Burn it to a CD or something.