You know when you try to delete a file, and you get that annoying little message that says "Cannot delete file Blahblah, it is in use by another program or user, please close any programs that may be using it and try again?"
Well I have a file that just won't die, despite the fact that it should not be "in use" by any programs at all, and certainly isn't a core file that's going to crash my system should I delete it.
Is there a way to find out exactly WHAT program/user is busying this file so I can shut the damned thing down? Failing that, is there a way to delete the darned thing no matter who/what is "using" it?
Not sure it matters, but the file type is .avi.
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hmmm, an avi file should either be a movie, or possibly a virus. If it is a very tiny file it is possibly virus.
First, try going to start:Run. Type in command
In the dos window that opens, navigate to the directory that the file is supposedly in using dos commands (cd c:\directory\filename\ etc.)
when you get to the directory. locate the file and type in del filename.avi
If that doesn't work, try restarting in safe mode (press f8 at startup) and deleting it there.
First, try going to start:Run. Type in command
In the dos window that opens, navigate to the directory that the file is supposedly in using dos commands (cd c:\directory\filename\ etc.)
when you get to the directory. locate the file and type in del filename.avi
If that doesn't work, try restarting in safe mode (press f8 at startup) and deleting it there.
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Hey kind of having this problem.. sort of. Anyways... Something is in my computer!!! Kill it! I've noticed many "returned, or failed emails" suppossedly from my email account with attachments in them. I delete them without opening them. But I am afraid that my computer may have a virus that is doing this. Yahoo says its the beagle virus in these attachments. BTW its a yahoo account. How do I get rid of this???
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symantec.com
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
scan, scan, scan. There will generally be instructions on the sites on how to remove a virus if one is found.
symantec.com
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
scan, scan, scan. There will generally be instructions on the sites on how to remove a virus if one is found.
I've had this problem in Windows XP with AVI files that are larger than 1 GB (YMMV, I only have 512 MB of RAM). Windows XP "pre-reads" the file to get the bitrate, length, video dimensions, etc. If it's a particularily large file, Explorer will seem (or actually will) hang up or freeze.
The only way I've found to delete the file after I'm done compressing it is to use the same method Kaolian mentioned. Otherwise, Explorer will freeze or say the file is in use everytime you even click on the file.
Hope this explains a few things!
- Firecaster
[Edit: I'm not coherent.]
Edited, Wed May 26 15:55:40 2004 by Firecaster
The only way I've found to delete the file after I'm done compressing it is to use the same method Kaolian mentioned. Otherwise, Explorer will freeze or say the file is in use everytime you even click on the file.
Hope this explains a few things!
- Firecaster
[Edit: I'm not coherent.]
Edited, Wed May 26 15:55:40 2004 by Firecaster
The Glorious Cherrabwyn wrote:
Hey kind of having this problem.. sort of. Anyways... Something is in my computer!!! Kill it! I've noticed many "returned, or failed emails" suppossedly from my email account with attachments in them. I delete them without opening them. But I am afraid that my computer may have a virus that is doing this. Yahoo says its the beagle virus in these attachments. BTW its a yahoo account. How do I get rid of this???
Those e-mails area ctually not from your computer. someone who reads these forums has a virus. this virus is capable of reading e-mail addresses from web pages, text files, cache files, basically anything the infected person has viewed. you are getting the bouncebacks because you have your "email user" button turned on. the virus reads cherrabwyn@allakhazam.com from the cache file, then makes little baby viruses with your e-mail address spoofed in the from line. You can track down where it came from by looking at the message header IP addresses. I can help you with that if you want to forward one of the virus messages to me with the header.
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