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I cant delete a file

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Dabonz, 2012/02/07.

  1. 2012/02/07
    Dabonz

    Dabonz Inactive Thread Starter

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    I hope I'm posting in the right section ... I'm Trying to delete a file but its says its it cannot preform this action because The File is open in Windows Explore

    Regards
    Dabonz
     
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    rsinfo

    rsinfo SuperGeek Alumni

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    What file is it ?

    Try to delete it in Safe Mode.
     
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    Dabonz

    Dabonz Inactive Thread Starter

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    its mvk file and its on a network
     
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    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Do you mean .MKV ?

    If the file was opened in a multimedia player, then make sure the player process and all of its child processes are not running. Or reboot and then delete it.
     
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    dale456654

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    Try deleting it on the host computer. If there is one.
     
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    Dabonz

    Dabonz Inactive Thread Starter

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    yeah thanks it worked
     
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    MrBill

    MrBill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    What worked?
     
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    Dabonz

    Dabonz Inactive Thread Starter

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    I rebooted my pc when bck on the shared Drive that's was on the network and deleted
     
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    TonyT

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    Please mark your thread as 'Resolved'.

    Near the top of your thread you'll see Thread Tools. Click the down arrow to expand the drop down menu, at the bottom of it you'll see Mark this thread as solved. Click on it to mark your thread as solved.

    If later you find that the problem has returned, and you had previously marked your thread as solved, follow the steps above. Instead 'Mark this thread as solved' you will see that in this case Mark this thread as unsolved is listed.

    Please read the User Guide for more information.
     
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    Dabonz

    Dabonz Inactive Thread Starter

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    ok Thank You...I was looking for that to make resolved now I know Thanks for all the feed back

    Dabonz
     
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