I copied some movies onto my computer and now i cant delete them, every time i to it says "Cannot delete the file, it is being used by another program" or something like that. How can i get rid of these files?
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cant delete some video files
(6 posts)Instead, download and install http://www.techspot.com/downlo.....ocker.html Unlocker Assistant. This will automatically fire-up when some file is locked up and shows a list of processes that is holding it down. U get the option of killing those processes to delete the file, rename the file, move etc. Pretty nifty tool.
If the file has been downloaded illegally, it may have a name with illegal characters in it.
Windows cannot delete or rename these files. If unlocker does not work, try FreeCommander
http://www.freecommander.com/
Rename the file and then delete it from within this program
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