file deletion trouble

This is a discussion about file deletion trouble in the Windows Security category; hi, i have a. mpg file i want to delete, but whenever i try to do so, it just ignores the delete command. No error messages, nothing. any other action i try whith this file also gets ignored; moving, opening, anything.

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hi, i have a .mpg file i want to delete, but whenever i try to do so, it just ignores the delete command. No error messages, nothing. any other action i try whith this file also gets ignored; moving, opening, anything.
i tried rebooting, but no use.
Also, when i scanned it whith NOD antivirus the only thing it said was that it couldn't access the file.
can anyone lend a hand please?
tnx

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you can try deleting it outside of Windows in DOS. Just be very careful and make sure you are deleting what you mean to.

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srry for the late reply
ill try that now, and see if it works
tnx

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yep, that worked, thanks alot ^^