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veronica
March 28th, 2004, 04:42 AM
I have XP. It is a video file. It is causing my computer to crash. Thank you.

phishhead
March 28th, 2004, 04:45 AM
well the easy way is to del from the cmd prompt but boogs posted fix for that but I can find it.

lynchknot
March 28th, 2004, 04:52 AM
or change the extension to .txt or put it in a folder sometimes works.

efc
March 28th, 2004, 05:30 AM
Click on Start then Search. Click on All Files and Folders and type the file name in top input window. Search for file.

Right Click on file then Left Click on Properties. Remove checks in Read Only and Hidden if present. Then Click OK.

Next Right Click on the file and select Delete.

If the above procedure fails then navigate to the directory in command prompt and delete file. Ask if you need help with that procedure.