Re: XP Home -Cannot delete: Access denied; Problem Q298345

From: Tomothy Quntington-Flitoris (IainMcLaren35@spamtwatter.hotmail.com)
Date: 10/22/02 

From: "Tomothy Quntington-Flitoris" <IainMcLaren35@spamtwatter.hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:12:33 -0700

"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> squirted these wordjisms deep inside
the bumtube of the newstwat in news:eCR0IrVeCHA.2324@tkmsftngp08:

> S H-Keays wrote:
>> Is there likely to be a fix for problem Q298345 in the
>> near future? Is it possible that unwanted files,
>> inadvertently downloaded on to my PC, have a set-up that
>> prevents their deletion, or can I assume it's the Q298345
>> problem?
>>
>> I would be grateful for any advice on this.
>>
>> Seamus
>
> If the file is not being deleted because it's guarded by system
> policies and permissions (the reason for "access denied" described in
> the article you cited) - no. MS will not "fix" that because it is how
> XP is intended to work.
>
> If the file you are trying to delete is an *.avi file, that's a
> different story. XP's handling of that particular file format can
> interfere with deletion. Presently there are several workarounds for
> this. Let us know if you need that information.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> Microsoft MVP, Windows - Shell/User
>
>
>

I wouldn't mind if you could document the fix here. I had a stubborn
700mb avi that survived several reboots after an unsuccessful attempt to
re-encode it to mpg. Deleting didn't work even in safe mode.

I finally managed to delete it after a bit of head-scratching. What I did
was disable the page file, cleaning out the prefetch folder and reboot -
must have been portions of the file locked/loaded into memory, I assume.

Mine was a bit of a long-winded solution, so perhaps the other ways you
know of are quicker/easier? 

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