Help me delete a file

Factual Questions
1

I have a video file on my computer that I just can’t delete. It constantly says that a program has it open, when the file is obviously not in use (that I can tell). I’ve tried to reboot and delete it on numerous occasions, to no avail.

Any ideas?

2

rm -rf /

Seriously, boot into safe mode and you should be able to delete it.

3

OS? e.g. Win XP, OS-X…?

Type of video file? (AVI, WMV, MOV…?)

4

If the file is too big it takes some time to Windows to read it (this is different from open it). Select the file and wait 5 min, then try to delete it.

5

  1. open up regedit.exe and head to the following key
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler

  2. Delete the default value and close regedit.

6

You win!

Thanks to everyone for the help!

7

Cool. That would explain the multiple hang-ups while browsing BearShares temp directory.
AVI Property Handler