Can't Delete a Movie (AVI file) on desktop

It's this one movie I've had on the desktop for months now. Every time I
try to move or delete it, it will bring up the move/delete dialog, but it
gets stuck on calculating the time remaining. I've tried programs like Move
on Boot, but the file refuses to move. Any ideas? I would think it's
corrupted somehow. I've ran checkdisk. I tried deleting through command
prompt but it freezes too. 'Window Washer' can't 'shred' it.

It sounds like something is locking the file, perhaps some sort of codec that
Windows is using to display the thumbnail for the file.

Try booting into safe mode (press F8 on your keyboard during start up and
select "Safe Mode") and remove it there. Alternatively, you can try this:

1. Hold down CTRL-SHIFT and tap ESC on your keyboard to display the Windows
Task Manager.
2. In the Processes tab, locate all instances of Explorer.exe and click on
"End Process". When the warning dialog appears, click on "End process".
3. In the Windows Task Manager window, click on "New Task (Run...)" and type
"cmd.exe", and then press OK.
4. In the command prompt window, type CD "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
5. Delete the AVI file from within the command prompt window by using "DEL
/F <name of file>.avi".
6. Close the Command Prompt window.
7. From the Task Manager window click on "New Task (Run...)" and type
"EXPLORER.EXE", and press Enter.

Let me know if this resolves the issue for you, have a great day,
--
Regards,
Kristan M. Kenney
Microsoft MVP [Windows - Shell/User]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Double Z" wrote:

> It's this one movie I've had on the desktop for months now. Every time I
> try to move or delete it, it will bring up the move/delete dialog, but it
> gets stuck on calculating the time remaining. I've tried programs like Move
> on Boot, but the file refuses to move. Any ideas? I would think it's
> corrupted somehow. I've ran checkdisk. I tried deleting through command
> prompt but it freezes too. 'Window Washer' can't 'shred' it.
>
>

Hi,

Click start and type CMD, then hit <enter>. From the prompt, run:

CD %userprofile%\desktop
Del /y <file_name>

Where <file_name> is the name of the file you are removing.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Double Z" <> wrote in message
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> It's this one movie I've had on the desktop for months now. Every time I
> try to move or delete it, it will bring up the move/delete dialog, but it
> gets stuck on calculating the time remaining. I've tried programs like
> Move on Boot, but the file refuses to move. Any ideas? I would think
> it's corrupted somehow. I've ran checkdisk. I tried deleting through
> command prompt but it freezes too. 'Window Washer' can't 'shred' it.

Thanks for replying so quick. I booted into Safe mode with cmd prompt and
it worked. And thanks for the CTRL Alt ESC shortcut for task manager, I
didn't know that. (:

thanks for advice...

I had the same problem with a youtube video I downloaded using the realplayer function. clearly no virus or spyware issue just a corruption somewhere..

the file wouldn't play, delete or rename. I tried deleating the folder (having first moved the good files) and still no joy.

booting in safe mode (f8) without the command prompt though was sufficient to delete the file.

so thanks again



Double Z wrote:

Thanks for replying so quick.
13-Oct-07

Thanks for replying so quick. I booted into Safe mode with cmd prompt and
it worked. And thanks for the CTRL Alt ESC shortcut for task manager, I
did not know that. (:

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On 13 October 2007 21:19
Double Z wrote:

Can't Delete a Movie (AVI file) on desktop
It's this one movie I've had on the desktop for months now. Every time I
try to move or delete it, it will bring up the move/delete dialog, but it
gets stuck on calculating the time remaining. I've tried programs like Move
on Boot, but the file refuses to move. Any ideas? I would think it's
corrupted somehow. I've ran checkdisk. I tried deleting through command
prompt but it freezes too. 'Window Washer' can't 'shred' it.

On 13 October 2007 21:43
KristanMKenneyMV wrote:

It sounds like something is locking the file, perhaps some sort of codec that
It sounds like something is locking the file, perhaps some sort of codec that
Windows is using to display the thumbnail for the file.

Try booting into safe mode (press F8 on your keyboard during start up and
select "Safe Mode") and remove it there. Alternatively, you can try this:

1. Hold down CTRL-SHIFT and tap ESC on your keyboard to display the Windows
Task Manager.
2. In the Processes tab, locate all instances of Explorer.exe and click on
"End Process". When the warning dialog appears, click on "End process".
3. In the Windows Task Manager window, click on "New Task (Run...)" and type
"cmd.exe", and then press OK.
4. In the command prompt window, type CD "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
5. Delete the AVI file from within the command prompt window by using "DEL
/F <name of file>.avi".
6. Close the Command Prompt window.
7. From the Task Manager window click on "New Task (Run...)" and type
"EXPLORER.EXE", and press Enter.

Let me know if this resolves the issue for you, have a great day,
--
Regards,
Kristan M. Kenney
Microsoft MVP [Windows - Shell/User]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Double Z" wrote:

On 13 October 2007 21:56
Rick Rogers wrote:

Hi,Click start and type CMD, then hit <enter>.
Hi,

Click start and type CMD, then hit <enter>. From the prompt, run:

CD %userprofile%\desktop
Del /y <file_name>

Where <file_name> is the name of the file you are removing.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

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On 13 October 2007 22:56
Double Z wrote:

Thanks for replying so quick.
Thanks for replying so quick. I booted into Safe mode with cmd prompt and
it worked. And thanks for the CTRL Alt ESC shortcut for task manager, I
did not know that. (:

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