smithyandco Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Made No difference.Rebooted PC after changes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Made No difference.Rebooted PC after changes? Yes. Ive got a feeling its a vlc problem, ill be disabling it when i get home to see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted March 26, 2011 Author Share Posted March 26, 2011 Im still having problems with this. Stu, i downloaded and ran process explorer, but all its doing is confirming that its explorer.exe that has the mkv file open. I can kill all related handles, but as soon as i open the relevant folder to delete the file, all the handles re-open meaning that i still cant edit/delete the file. The strange thing is that i have other .mkv files in the same folder, but im able to edit those?? I have now tried - using safe mode- disabling thumbnails- disabling vlc- changing the file association to windows media player- killing all related handles using process explorere- killing/restarting explorer.exe Running out of ideas now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 So is it just one file causing this problem? Tried deleting it with cmd after a fresh reboot and before opening the folder... if the problem doesn't return surely it's a problem with that one file and nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Fire up a linux distro running on either CD or USB drive. Mount hard drive (on the later editions, simply by clicking the hard drive icon). Navigate to folder. Press delete. Job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Can you not access it accross your network via another pc/laptop & delete it like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 So is it just one file causing this problem? Tried deleting it with cmd after a fresh reboot and before opening the folder... if the problem doesn't return surely it's a problem with that one file and nothing else. Yes just the one file, though its in 2 locations (downloads and on desktop) as i tried extracting agian to a different folder to check it was definately the file that was throwing the error. Whatis the delete command in the command line? and would i have to put in the full address including the file extension? ie.. del c:\desktop\folder\file.mkv Fire up a linux distro running on either CD or USB drive. Mount hard drive (on the later editions, simply by clicking the hard drive icon). Navigate to folder. Press delete. Job done. This will be a last resort as i will have to get hold of linux on a cd. Can you not access it accross your network via another pc/laptop & delete it like that? This was going to be my next plan when i get time to have another bash at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yes just the one file, though its in 2 locations (downloads and on desktop) as i tried extracting agian to a different folder to check it was definately the file that was throwing the error. Whatis the delete command in the command line? and would i have to put in the full address including the file extension? ie.. del c:\desktop\folder\file.mkvPretty much spot on... Find the location of both files and the file name (inc extension). Copy that to a notepad on your desktop or something similar. Reboot, run CMD type DEL [space] then copy & paste the file location/filename.mkv into CMD (you can paste by right clicking in the line your typing on - CTRL+V does not work in CMD) [space] /F (the /F bit is Force deletion of read only files, it may help) - Remember to use speech marks before and after the file location/filename.mkv if there is and spaces in the file location. IE: DEL "C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\Downloads\Tehmidgetpron.mkv" /F Alternatively. edit the Notepad file on your desktop that you saved so it reads DEL "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Desktop\Downloads\HDPorno.mkv" /F then save it as a .bat file (change the .txt bit to .bat). This will make a batch file which you can run like a program/installer after the reboot which may make things a little quicker for you. You can add multiple lines if you want to delete this file in multiple locations IE:DEL "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Desktop\Downloads\HDPorno.mkv" /FDEL "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNANE\Videos\HDPorno.mkv" /FDEL C:\DOWNLOADS\HDPorno.mkv /FPause The pause gives you a "Press any key to continue..." prompt which allows you to see the results of the commands (tells you if file deleted or "unable to access file"). It's optional. This will be a last resort as i will have to get hold of linux on a cd.http://www.slax.org/build.php If worst comes to worst... That's Slax (LiveCD/Bootable CD Linux - No install, run from CD) I've given you a link to the build section as you'll need to find the NTFS read/write tool. Add it to your "build" and download the ISO it provides with NTFS tool pre-installed... Quite clever and easy really.NTFS was never really designed with Linux in mind CMD Del after a fresh boot should do the trick though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 Cheers smithy!! I created a bat file with the delete commands and it worked. Nice idea! http://www.evo-host.co.uk/getimg/26672.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Spot on! I'll celebrate by opening another beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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