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Old 07-10-2007   #4 (permalink)
BobC
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Re: Problem deleting movie files

Thanks. My UAC is already turned off

"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:30:00 -0700, BobC
> <BobC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have two small Quick time movies that will not delete. When I click on
> >'Delete' I get a progress box "Calculating time remaining . . ." that just
> >runs and runs with no progress at all. The data in the box says there are 0
> >bytes in the file even though they each are more than 32 Mb. Any suggestions?

>
> Go to Control Panel and turn off UAC (User Account Control) and then
> try to delete again. You can then restore UAC if you like.
>
> Make sure no other application is using the file when you try to
> delete it. If you still can't get rid of it, try from the Command
> Prompt which bypasses all the GUI garbage.
>
>


Thanks. My UAC is already turned off.

Not sure of the how-to detail in your second suggestion re the Command Prompt.

Bob
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