Can not delete video files

juno_first

juno_first

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WindowsXp 32bit, nothing wierd installed just regular DivX codecs.

If I click on an AVI/DivX file without even playing the video, I can not then delete the file & get an error saying file is write protected or in use. Sometimes I click delete & the file stays there but will not then play and after a reset the file is no longer there.

I just had to reset 3 times to deletes 2 video files in a folder, sheesh its annoying.

Anyone any ideas?
 
Does DivX preload? Have you tried removing the drivers as a test?

It's never good not being able to delete a p0rn.....erm.....DivX file in a hurry.
 
lol

I've tried removing & re-installing DivX & its the same.

I can delete a folder with videos inside if I don't click on one of the videos first, the problem seams to get worse after using Nero with the same video files and I've also tried re-installing this too.

I'm using Asus A8N onboard nVidia RAID with 2x80gig drives, if that helps.

I did have FFDshow installed but have removed this.
 
I've recently began having this problem of not being able to delete files - mostly video mpeg2 files recorded via Digitv. Upon booting up they're instantly locked, not by the app itself, but by explorer.exe.

Google for a prog called Unlocker - should help.
 
Not using the details tab did not change things :(

I'ts real strange how just clicking on a video file can cause a background program to use it for that windows session.
 
juno_first said:
YAY that unlocker program worked thanks.

It was EXPLORER.EXE that was using the files, I think my sig says it all ;)
Click to expand...

It is the extremely poor media preview facility built into xp that was causing the problem. When you click on an avi file there are two things that commonly cause bugs in XP.

The first is 100% cpu usage when windows can't find an index and therefore reads the entire file so it can tell you stuff like how long the file is.
http://www.tweakxp.com/article36990.aspx

The second is what you experienced when it tries to create a preview for the file for which the fix can be seen here. http://www.tweakxp.com/article37544.aspx

The advantage of doing this regedit change manually is that you don't have to take a risk that someone has put out a trojaned version of the unlocker.
 
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