XP EXPLORER 100%
.AVI FILES ARE STILL IN USE EVEN AFTER REBOOTING
I tried to find a fix for months... this is it
usually you can't delete because these files are still in use
slow performance then the whole desktop will refresh
my response with a little more info is at the top the bottom is the basics
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1083047032
This is the one that has actually worked for me after a month or two of horrible performance. Just remember if there are spaces in the name you must put quotations around it. Also if the file is hidden it will not show up in the dir command. Try to highlight whole folder and then right click to change properties for all files at once or else you may never be able to get the properties up for the problem file. Use alt-a to select a large group of .avi files and try to delete them. the problem file will say it is in use by another program. there may be a few file so try it in groups. then restore the goo files out of you recycle bin. Also not inluded in original is after f8 you must go into safe mode with command prompt. I usally do not go on htese boards and reply but this is the one that actually worked for me after trying many.
On Sunday, February 9, 2003 at 7:04 am, anonymous wrote:
>
>HOW TO GET WinXP BACK TO WORK PROPERLY
>Every time you boot Windows normally, an Explorer process is started and then runs
>invisibly in the background. Due to a bug, this process opens and reads continously
>from certain avi files, causing the system to slow down and eating up more and more
>RAM. Deleting these avi files is one way to solve the problem and get Windows to
>run properly again. Ironically, the very fact that the bug-stricken Explorer has
>opened these avi files makes it impossible to delete them: They are "in use by another
>program" and therefore cannot be deleted. To sucessfully delete these avi files,
>you have to delete them BEFORE WinXP can start its Explorer process. You can do this
>by booting WinXP in command line mode (just hold down the F8 key during booting and
>select from the menu). Then you can delete the avi files by entering the "del xxx"
>command (where "xxx" stands for the path and filename of the avi file, e.g. "C:\VIDEO\TOPGUN.AVI").
>After you reboot normally, WinXP will work properly again.
>
>HOW TO IDENTIFY WHICH AVI FILES TO DELETE
>To identify which avi files are causing the problems, just boot Windows normally,
>close any open programs and then attempt to rename each of your avi files in the
>explorer. If WinXP won't let you rename an avi file then that is one of the trouble-causers,
>and needs to be deleted (using the procedure described above)