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 Member 360 Level 25.07 Mar 2006 
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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? Jam it back in, in the dark.
Thanks to Fjordor for the funny image!
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Member 173 Level 33.76 Mar 2006
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try to make scandisk for C driver than try delete your files
There's nowhere I can't reach.  |
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Member 499 Level 48.58 Mar 2006
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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).
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Member 360 Level 25.07 Mar 2006
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Thank you for your replies. I will try the suggestions.
How ya doing, buddy?
Thanks to Fjordor for the funny image!
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Member 173 Level 33.76 Mar 2006
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Member 360 Level 25.07 Mar 2006
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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... What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
Thanks to Fjordor for the funny image!
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