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Thread ID: 108860 2010-04-14 09:53:00 UNABLE TO DELETE MP4 & AVI FILES dssaini (15727) Press F1
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876547 2010-04-15 22:48:00 As mentioned, if it's the issue that myself and autechre described, safe mode won't do jack squat.

You simply need to open the video file up, select it, and wait for 60-90 seconds some times before deleting it. Don't "click off it" and select something else, you simply need to wait while windows generates the thumbnails, finds out the video length etc.

Speedy: dssaini mentioned it's WinXP in the very first post.

An alternative and sure-fire way around it is to remove them using the command line, but that's not everyones cup of tea ;)
Chilling_Silence (9)
876548 2010-04-15 22:51:00 Or use unlocker, that'll probably remove it Speedy Gonzales (78)
876549 2010-04-18 10:46:00 its Windows XP SP3 dssaini (15727)
876550 2010-04-18 10:50:00 Dear Chilling wats that command line? let me c if i can do something abt it cos nothing else is working dssaini (15727)
876551 2010-04-18 11:08:00 cd \
cd foldername
del filename.avi

You'll have to fill in the gaps
Chilling_Silence (9)
876552 2010-04-18 11:23:00 How to take ownership of a file or a folder in Windows XP

Try this:

support.microsoft.com
zqwerty (97)
876553 2010-04-18 11:30:00 Or if that fails try this:

www.softwarepatch.com

Don't worry about the scan just download the program and try it,
zqwerty (97)
876554 2010-04-18 13:10:00 Thanks frends for ur valued tips but some strange thimg has happened already without me doing anything further.Those " access denied " files r now getting deleted without any prob !!! Thank God !! tx again 4 sparing tym 4 me.God Bless u All !!! dssaini (15727)
876555 2010-04-19 05:32:00 You could try the little utility called unlocker. Digby (677)
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