Unable to delete files

[boe]

Sometimes I will get a .avi file more mpg file that I can't delete. It will
say another process or user is using the file. I stop just about every
process/service that I see running. I make sure it isn't being downloaded
from me. I check the attributes using the explorer and the attrib function
but still can't delete it. I can't delete it after restarting. I have to
go to safe mode command prompt to get rid of the file. Any guesses on what
makes the file so hard to get rid of?

 

[Chris Lanier]

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry
key.

Goto Start>>Run>>Type "regedit" goto
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850D
C73E}\InProcServer32]
- Delete this key

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in
response to file property queries on these files.

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

To correct this misbehavior in Windows XP, remove the following registry
key.

Goto Start>>Run>>Type "regedit" goto
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850D
C73E}\InProcServer32]
- Delete this key

This will prevent Explorer from loading shmedia.dll in
response to file property queries on these files.

.. I'd just like to add that the 'file property queries' are something
that Explorer does all off its own bat, not anything invoked by the user
(by r-clicking the file and selecting 'properties', for instance). A
case of Explorer being too clever for its own good (and not failing
gracefully when it encounters media file formats/codecs it can't cope
with).