Cannot delete movie file

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I cannot delete a movie file which plays through media player. When I try to
delete it a message says it is being used by another programme.I have
checked and nothing is running,I believe this is a problem with XP any ideas
as I am trying to get some space on my disk
 
Try deleting the files from DOS window. See the related article:

Delete Stubborn AVI Files
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1206650,00.asp


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I cannot delete a movie file which plays through media player. When I try to
delete it a message says it is being used by another programme.I have
checked and nothing is running,I believe this is a problem with XP any ideas
as I am trying to get some space on my disk
 
My experience is that the shortcut that automatically appears in the drop
down box of 'my documents'&'my pictures',after viewing a movie in windows
media player,has to be deleted there first, before the file can be deleted
at the w m p, or the message appears as you stated
 
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