Drewdatrip Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 I have some large files that regardless of, when i try delete them, it sasy that they are in use. They are movie files and im not sure if that has anything to do with it, but none the less they are consuming several gigs....Any help?=Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Check the Task Manager to see if they ARE IN USE...If that doesn't work, restart your computer and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Drew here's a couple of solutions which may be of help.;Windows media player keeps a record of files played and stores them in a "recently opened file list".Because they are still associated with WMP this prevents the files from being deleted.If your running WMP 9 series open the player and go to Tools > options > Privacy tab.Hit the clear history button.(I believe there is also an option somewhere in TweakXP to clear the recent file list.)If that doesn't work there are some registry edits you can do,which also apply to earlier WMP versions.You do the following at your own risk,and remember to backup the registry firstRun regedit and find this string;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList delete all the entries and you should now be able to delete the files.If the above registry string is not there go toHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 I get this message sometimes when Explorer is open.and recently received it when I had an AOL RealPlayer session open.I use DOS in safe mode when it gets out of hand. But next time I will give Rev's suggestions a try as it seems easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted September 29, 2002 Author Share Posted September 29, 2002 Well with Revs reg hack i was about to delete one of the files but the others wont....god ****, i would really care if they were lillet files but most of them are DVD rips of anime moves, which really eat Had space=Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Drew,have you tried renaming the files to another format.( i.e .txt .bmp .jpg,)then try deleting them.Or open notepad,then put any text in it and save it using the same name and extension as the vid file,and copy it to the folder where your vid files are.It will then ask if you want to overwrite the original.Once the file has been overwritten you should be able to delete it.Also,have you played the vids in other movie software,Windvd,PowerDVD,etc.Open those programs and clear the playlists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 If they are in use couldn't they be in the start menu or at least some app that was downloaded along with it?Just a guess but try running msconfig and see if your movie or an association of it is starting with windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 A few weeks ago a friend told me that people were attaching malicious programs to vids on Kazaa or morpheous. Not sure which one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Yea...when it gets out of hand for me....(never has yet) ...Isn't the DOS Command something like:del C:/Documents and Settings/YourMomma/Desktop/Isfat.mpg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted September 29, 2002 Author Share Posted September 29, 2002 Thankx REV! i renamed the file extention to .txt, and they all died like they were sapposed to...thankx budCheers=Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Glad you got it sorted Drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 msnwar: kazaa and morph both are getting it, both networks suck, your ip can be traced when using it also, you wont be the first to get an email from their isp after RIAA have got in touch with them.this past week, after much bugging by EL1TE i installed Emuleit uses the edonkey / overnet et all network.man what a joy this app is!!! its MILES faster than either overnet or edonkey, as usual you can import your temp directory into it as its based on the same code, so you can carry your downloads on in emule.(dont run two edonkey network clients at the same time tho!)i have been maxing out my connection on it since installing it. you heard me, 130KB/sec down, do that on edonkey!!check it out! you will need to get some server ips to set you off, i suggest checking www.sharereactor.com for a link to server addresses on the main page, left side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 FJ, i see from your screenie you are using v0.19.There's a new version out now. v0.20a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted September 29, 2002 Author Share Posted September 29, 2002 Im testing the .20a client now.....=Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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