Recent content by izziekat

Resolved! Sorry this last message came so late, but happily I was able to delete the last two files! (I went in safe mode and tried the commands with explorer turned off). In hindsight, the solution seems very simple, but, in any case, thanks to everyone who helped!

Well that certainly helped with finding the file, but apparently my computer hates me. It now says "the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another program," though I've already terminated explorer.exe. However, when I go back and try and delete it directly, it just says...

To answer the first few questions, I downloaded the file from a website (though I've been downloading from them for years now and never anything like this). The file itself comes from a different source (though, that too is a reliable source). When I actually use the file, it plays perfectly...

I forgot to add to the list of tried and failed solutions that I stopped and restarted explorer.exe but that did nothing. As for the suggestions you gave, I scanned the files using McAfee but it said there was no problem with them. Also, I forgot to mention that the files work perfectly (that...

I have a .mkv video file which I cannot rename, move, or delete. Every time I do so this message shows: "The action cannot be completed because the file is open in windows explorer. Close the file and try again." If I try to delete the folder, a similar message pops up saying that a file is in...