have you ever?

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downloaded something and then when you try to delete it and it wont becasue an error window pops up and tells you another program might be using it...even though you know for a fact that its not?

well this has happened to me twice since ive had XP...i try and try to delete it but its just not gonna happen...so if anybody here could help me out it would be great
 
Couple of ideas for you -

Boot up in SafeMode and delete?
Or
System restore to a previous time?
 
use taskmgr to close explorer & any other non essential programs- browse to the file you want to delete using the lookin drop down menu - now try & delete it from within that window.
 
dont terminate explorer without restarting it again.

kill it then revive it.

Kill the other programs and some of the processes then try to remove it
 
dont terminate explorer without restarting it again.

why I do it all the time ???? - (especially when playing games) - to restart explorer / new task & type explorer / OK

how else can you delete a file that explorer insists on using ?
 
A quick way that usually works is to just log off and then log back on. I have found that 9 times out of 10 this will let you delete the file.
 
its a file that i got from kazaa lite...its a music video (well it was supposed to be)...and logging off and on wont help becasue its been on my computer for about a week now and it still doenst delete...a friend of mine has the same problem on his computer...but its with an FTP program...so if you guys have any other ideas that would be great
 
did u try this ?
use taskmgr to close explorer & any other non essential programs- browse to the file you want to delete using the lookin drop down menu - now try & delete it from within that window.
 

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