delete issue

This is happening with one specific word doc (a book of mine) over last few weeks. It will open but I cant delete, rename or move it. I really need to get rid of it as it is preventing me from saving newer versions - even if I alter the name for the new version!!. It seems like it is picking up...

Hi Guys, I have a file that I can not delete. It is an .avi file that will not run in Media Player Classic or VLC so I figure that it is no good BUT I can't delete it. I went into dos and deleted it there or so I thought but all it did was get dos flashing a prompt dash. I had deleted a couple...

I have a file on my desktop that is called "Awesome." If I go to the properties, it says the file type is "File (.)" If I try to delete it it says "Could not find this item. It is no longer located in (my desktop directory) Verify the item's location and try again. I looked everywhere and...

Hey guys! I have a strange problem: I downloaded a music clip (file size 33mb) from youtube to the desktop and now when I wanted to delete it widnows was only saying preparing to delete and nothing happens... I even left it about 5-10mins to prepare the delete and nothing happened... The...

WHY is it that when I try to delete a file or folder it won't delete because "it is open in another program". It is not, BUT it has been. OR it is now open in Windows Explorer in that I am looking at the file list. This especially happens because when the file THUMBS is present, but will...

I'm running Window 7, build 7600 I believe. Here are my problems: 1.) Recently I've been having this problem where explorer doesn't refresh--sometimes. For example, when I delete or move an item, it doesn't change on the screen until I manually refresh with F5. Sometimes this happens...