Windows XP "Cannot Delete AVI Files" FIX!

[cash_site]

Nice work Cash Daddy.

Thanks BB.

[hungover]

Thanks a lot
found your wonderful forum by doing a google to fix this prob...works great

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[fsumcdad]

I am experiencing sort of the same problem but with all files with the .MP3 extension. (unable to delate, copy cut, rename etc. - unless I change the extension to something other than .MP3) If I attempt any of these, I get the error message " Windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close". Then as I choose to report the problem or not, my explorer windows will collapse and my folder settings will also change.

Do you think that the problem that you discuss about avi files may be the same sort of problem that I am having with MP3 files?

I downloaded and installed the trial version of "Universal Explorer" thinking it may work where Windows explorer would not. As I attempt to manipulate a MP3 file I get an error window that makes reference to "Kernel32.dll". Could this be a problem as like the one I read about the shmedia.dll file?

Strangely enough, I can still burn cd's using Roxio and I am able to drag and drop the files. I just can't cut, copy, rename etc.

Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.....fsumcdad

[HypnoS]

Dude, you guys absolutely lz0x0lz....

thank-you for passing on the xp/reg info to the world. I found your forums by googling my problem and you guys were #1 on the list... For months and months... every since I started using XP at work (cough and downloading .avi on our servers cough)... I've been trying to figure out wtf is causing XP to tell me "access denied"... EVEN AFTER closing nearly EVERYTHING on taskmanager...

I am a Unix, Linux, BeOS "power"~user... p.s. XP TOO MANY PROBLEMS (cough microsoft sux cough)...

Thanx for the post, and the insightful comments (well most of them were helpful anyway)... still dont understand how you can "change the file ext. and delete the .avi" if "ACCESS IS DENIED" or can't really see how "XP's DOS would let you delete it", since xp uses "fake" DOS, a program that XP emulates to look like "real" DOS v6.x, but still runs on the win2k kernal. However I didn't actually try those steps, myself, so im not calling anyone a liar I just edited regedit.exe and it worked file for me, once you guys told me what the problem was anywayz...

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[HypnoS]

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I tried deleting those problematic .avi files in CMD and it worked... dont see why CMD would let your del what XP would not... they do run on the same kernal correct?

However... renaming the .avi to .mpg or .vob or something other than .avi DOES NOT work... if you can't delete it, can't move it, can't copy it....... then you can't rename the file either "ACCESS DENIED"

LAST QUESTION~~~
Anyone knows what makes some .avi / DivX / XviD have this problem with deleting while others DO NOT have his problem? I usually download about 5 - 500 .avi / DivX / XviD files per day and only 1 out of about 200 have this problem... any INSIGHT? c-ya...