Can't delete a MOV-file
 

There's a file on my harddrive that I want to delete, but for some odd reason I can't delete it.

Everytime I try to rename it it (both name and extension), Windows Explorer crashes.

I tried go to Command Line in DOS and typed in:
c:\> delete nameofthefile.mov
c:\> del nameofthefile.mov
c:\> deltree nameofthefile.mov

None of these commands works. MS-DOS just runs in the background without anything happening.


When I try just hitting the delete button on the file, Vista just pops up the message: Calculating time remaining... - Recycling 1 item

Then it just goes on forever loading, without anything happening.
I did a file scan on it, and I don't think it's a virus. Right clicking on the file doesn't help anything as I don't get a menu up.



Please tell me how to delete the file (I'm admin-user of the PC if it helps)...
Does it has something to do with the access rights to the file?

try to make scandisk for C driver than try delete your files

I had this problem in the past. Get a program called Unlocker, it'll allow you to rename and delete files easily (and it'll also allow you to get past those stupid "Cannot rename/delete folder/file; it is currently in use" messages).

Thank you for your replies. I will try the suggestions.

or use Delete Doctor

http://www.diskcleaners.com/files/deletedr.exe

I just tried both softwares, none of them worked.
It ended up with both getting the error message: "Not responding".

>:(


I'm not sure what you mean by scandisk, I'm running Vista and I don't think I have it. Is it the same as Disk Cleanup? I did that and still the file was unable to be deleted.

Also, I just created a test MOV-file file in After Effects and now they can't be deleted either...

I'm going to try to run a disk fragmentation.
This is the reason why I disklike Quicktime files...