Help Me Please God!

HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!</div> Look, I've got this damned movie of soldiers that I've seen about fifty million times, and its not letting me remove the darn thing! It keeps saying that its in use by all other programs WHEN ITS NOT EVEN! How am I supposed to get rid of it, how do I find out whats using it? How can I terminate whats using it? How can I get rid of the damned thing!?!?!??

I SWEAR I"M GOING TO PULL MY HAIR OUT!!!!!!!!!
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    start > run > cmd

    D: [or whatever drive]

    cd directory

    del "file 1.avi"

    if that doesnt work, boot up in safe mode and delete it.
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  • SkySky Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28131Members
    Eh, use taskmanager to make sure no application is using it, then push delete? I know, I know, my advice rocks <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Goosefraba....goosfraba....

    So whats the problem? You can't eject a movie from your dvd drive? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    Ive got a movie file on my harddrive I cant delete because it says its in use even though I cant find the damned thing thats using it.
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    Yes, haze.. start up in safe mode or use the ms-dos command. :-)
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    How do I boot in safe mode? I'm a noob when it comes to computers.
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    Depends which OS you're using.

    In 2000, you can press F8 at a certain point during start-up.
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    Woops, nevermind, I just viewed it again to see what that does then deleted it. Worked, what do you know. Thankyou for your help, all!
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  • HazeHaze O RLY? Join Date: 2003-07-07 Member: 18018Members, Constellation
    Wait hold on now it wont delete from the recycle bin /me pulls hair out

    How do I start it up in safe mode now? ^_^
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    Im pretty sure there is some button you press on startup, but it never works for me so I just do this.
    Restart the computer, and when windows starts to load hit the hard restart button on the computer (Usually next to the power button, and smaller). Then let it boot all the way up and you should get some kind of screen that notifies you that it wasn't able to boot up blah blah blah, then just select start in safe mode and: there you go!.
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    Ok.. to start up in safe mode in 98/95/ME.. push and hold F8 after the bios screen loads. If you have NT/XP/2K... it is hold F2 after the bios starts up. It will bring up a screen to select either MS-Dos mode or Safe mode, obviously you will choose safe mode... becareful you don't want to delete anything important.. since system restore is not active if you mess up, re-install windows. :-)
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Or hop into Windows Help and search for "safe mode"... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Should be cake to delete it either from DOS or in Safe Mode.
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  • EEKEEK Join Date: 2004-02-25 Member: 26898Banned
    While we're on the subject, how does one boot in MS-DOS mode? The only way I've found out how is to put in my old windows 98 startup disk and say 'boot from CD' (which naturally fails, and dumps me in DOS).
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  • JavertJavert Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15954Members
    Just go on ur file-sharing program. Goto the list of files they have that you share, right-click the file, and click delete. That fixed it for me.
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  • Dr_ShaggyDr_Shaggy Join Date: 2002-09-26 Member: 1340Members, Constellation
    I've had this problem before and I fixed it with good old fashioned checkdisk or chkdisk or whatever.
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    edited June 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-EEK+Jun 14 2004, 07:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Jun 14 2004, 07:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> While we're on the subject, how does one boot in MS-DOS mode? The only way I've found out how is to put in my old windows 98 startup disk and say 'boot from CD' (which naturally fails, and dumps me in DOS). <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That feature is only available on the 9X series up to WinME (I believe).

    The only other way is to boot from either a floppy or a cd that has a DOS environment.
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