Can;t Delete Divx File

[Adster]

I have a DIVX file that I cannot delete I have tryed in safe mode still won't says its being used my another program blah blah also it is taking up 100% of my CPU! right now it is very hard to type this post!

Now about a year ago I posted this same problem and somebody told me about a reg key to delete in XP that courses this problem, and it worked but I cannot find the post for it

can anyone help?

[pol]

i cant find the topics about the reg keys but you could try deleting it from the file browser in nero or another prog

[delphin460]

couldnt find the post , but i saved this to my comp for reference

DELETE CORRUPTED AVI / DIVX FILES
Files with the file extension of .AVI are Windows Video files. The letters AVI stand for Audio Video Interleave. These "movie" files can be played with Windows Media Player (as well as other programs of the same type) and can be downloaded from the internet in many different places. Sometimes when you download one, it may be corrupted and will not play correctly. If you try to delete it in Windows Explorer, often you find that you cannot! You will get an error message such as this:

Error deleting file or folder
Cannot delete (name of file): It's being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again.

Usually, there will be no other program trying to use the file. You find you cannot rename or copy or move it to another location also.

The problem lies in a known fault with XP's Windows Explorer:

When you click on an AVI file in Windows Explorer, the operating system will attempt to read the entire file in order to determine the dimensions, duration, bitrate, etc. of the file. During this process you might experience 100% CPU usage. If the file is broken or not fully downloaded, you will have problems trying to copy, move, rename, or delete it.

In order to solve this problem, you will have to use the Registry Editor. Click the Start button, click Run on the Start Menu, type in REGEDIT. Navigate on the left pane of the Regedit window to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler


Then, in the right pane, after clicking on the PropertyHandler key in the left pane, you will see the Default value which should be

{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}

Right click on the value and select Delete from the Context Menu. Then close Regedit.

[Adster]

Originally posted by delphin460@22 April 2004 - 13:27
couldnt find the post , but i saved this to my comp for reference

DELETE CORRUPTED AVI / DIVX FILES
Files with the file extension of .AVI are Windows Video files. The letters AVI stand for Audio Video Interleave. These "movie" files can be played with Windows Media Player (as well as other programs of the same type) and can be downloaded from the internet in many different places. Sometimes when you download one, it may be corrupted and will not play correctly. If you try to delete it in Windows Explorer, often you find that you cannot! You will get an error message such as this:

Error deleting file or folder
Cannot delete (name of file): It's being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again.

Usually, there will be no other program trying to use the file. You find you cannot rename or copy or move it to another location also.

The problem lies in a known fault with XP's Windows Explorer:

When you click on an AVI file in Windows Explorer, the operating system will attempt to read the entire file in order to determine the dimensions, duration, bitrate, etc. of the file. During this process you might experience 100% CPU usage. If the file is broken or not fully downloaded, you will have problems trying to copy, move, rename, or delete it.

In order to solve this problem, you will have to use the Registry Editor. Click the Start button, click Run on the Start Menu, type in REGEDIT. Navigate on the left pane of the Regedit window to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler


Then, in the right pane, after clicking on the PropertyHandler key in the left pane, you will see the Default value which should be

{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}

Right click on the value and select Delete from the Context Menu. Then close Regedit.

thansk allot I owe you one!

it worked

[[B][O][T]]

Hey ad use the search function

Right click here and save target as. When the file is downloaded right click the file and choose install.

Then delete Your file.

or

In Windows XP You can delete the file this way:

Start -> Run -> Command -> cd c:\YOUR FOLDER NAME -> del YOUR FILE.avi

BOT

[delphin460]

lol bot , and what criteria does he use to search with , the search engine in this forum is spaz, it brings up all sort of crap that you dont want and very rerely you might be lucky and find what you want

this is because it searches for the words with each post , and words like divx , avi delete are everywhere

[hungrylilboy]

I did a guide on this a while ago. Click here

[ck-uk]

Originally posted by delphin460@22 April 2004 - 03:27
couldnt find the post , but i saved this to my comp for reference

DELETE CORRUPTED AVI / DIVX FILES
Files with the file extension of .AVI are Windows Video files. The letters AVI stand for Audio Video Interleave. These "movie" files can be played with Windows Media Player (as well as other programs of the same type) and can be downloaded from the internet in many different places. Sometimes when you download one, it may be corrupted and will not play correctly. If you try to delete it in Windows Explorer, often you find that you cannot! You will get an error message such as this:

Error deleting file or folder
Cannot delete (name of file): It's being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again.

Usually, there will be no other program trying to use the file. You find you cannot rename or copy or move it to another location also.

The problem lies in a known fault with XP's Windows Explorer:

When you click on an AVI file in Windows Explorer, the operating system will attempt to read the entire file in order to determine the dimensions, duration, bitrate, etc. of the file. During this process you might experience 100% CPU usage. If the file is broken or not fully downloaded, you will have problems trying to copy, move, rename, or delete it.

In order to solve this problem, you will have to use the Registry Editor. Click the Start button, click Run on the Start Menu, type in REGEDIT. Navigate on the left pane of the Regedit window to the following key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler


Then, in the right pane, after clicking on the PropertyHandler key in the left pane, you will see the Default value which should be

{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}

Right click on the value and select Delete from the Context Menu. Then close Regedit.

I did'nt see you there m8