Technical Question
Okay, another question for any of you out there who are more savvy with computers than I am...
I recently downloaded a particular video file (One Piece 82, if you're curious), and now I would like to delete it. But I can't delete it. It's pulling the good old "this file is in use by another person or program and cannot be deleted" story, and refuses to let me delete it. I've tried everything, and nothing's working. I've done the following, and none of them have worked:
- Closed every running program on my computer except windows, and shut off my Internet connection, so there should be no conceivable way for another program or person to be using the file.
- Restarted.
- Shut down, left the computer off for a day, and turned it back on.
- All of the various windows scans.
- All of the various spyware scans.
- Virus scans.
- Attempted to delete from a 'search' rather than in Windows Explorer.
- Copied it to another folder, which resulted in me being able to delete the original, but now the copy file, in My Documents rather than Sysreset Downloads, refuses to delete.
- Tried cutting and pasting (it also refuses to do this, and gives the same reason).
- Prayed to every idol I could think of to do something, up to and including striking my computer with lightning, but as of yet, no such luck.
So, like, WTF? I don't want a random 240MB file sitting on my computer simply because the friggin' thing doesn't want to let go of it. Is there any way I can get around this? I just want the thing GONE. Is that so much to ask for!? *whines* Is there some secret trick anyone could teach me to tame my computer?
ETA: Thanks guys...your comments gave me the idea of uninstalling my codec packs in case they had become corrupted, and yup...that worked. File is deleted! We beat the system again! MWAHAHAHA!
I recently downloaded a particular video file (One Piece 82, if you're curious), and now I would like to delete it. But I can't delete it. It's pulling the good old "this file is in use by another person or program and cannot be deleted" story, and refuses to let me delete it. I've tried everything, and nothing's working. I've done the following, and none of them have worked:
- Closed every running program on my computer except windows, and shut off my Internet connection, so there should be no conceivable way for another program or person to be using the file.
- Restarted.
- Shut down, left the computer off for a day, and turned it back on.
- All of the various windows scans.
- All of the various spyware scans.
- Virus scans.
- Attempted to delete from a 'search' rather than in Windows Explorer.
- Copied it to another folder, which resulted in me being able to delete the original, but now the copy file, in My Documents rather than Sysreset Downloads, refuses to delete.
- Tried cutting and pasting (it also refuses to do this, and gives the same reason).
- Prayed to every idol I could think of to do something, up to and including striking my computer with lightning, but as of yet, no such luck.
So, like, WTF? I don't want a random 240MB file sitting on my computer simply because the friggin' thing doesn't want to let go of it. Is there any way I can get around this? I just want the thing GONE. Is that so much to ask for!? *whines* Is there some secret trick anyone could teach me to tame my computer?
ETA: Thanks guys...your comments gave me the idea of uninstalling my codec packs in case they had become corrupted, and yup...that worked. File is deleted! We beat the system again! MWAHAHAHA!