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Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)

Close all open apps. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory with the offending files. Then open the Task Manager and click on the Processes tab. select "Explorer.Exe" under Image Name. Click "End Process".

Now you will only have the command prompt and the task manager. In the Command Prompt, DEL the offending files (DEL *.mpg, DEL mus*.avi, DEL test.wmv, etc.)

The files should now delete without a problem. Now go back to the task manager and click on the Applications tab. Click the "New Task..." button. in the dialog, type Explorer.Exe and click OK.

[^Kaji]

And I'm going though that much trouble over a bug in the highly vaunted top of the line OS produced by a company with over 27,000 or was it 32,000 (listed in millions) for operating capitol........WHY?!?!? Lindows is looking better every second I have XP running