The AVI file cannot be deleted in Windows XP.

The AVI file converted from mongoffmpeg.exe cannot be directly deleted (SHIFT + DEL). For a long time, I thought it was a problem with my program and finally found the problem on the internet today, it was originally caused by a bug in the video preview function of Windows XP.

In Windows XP, AVI video files cannot be deleted normally, because Windows XP's multimedia preview function is defective, that is, there is a bug in the shmedia. dll file. In-depth research found that this bug will prevent the deletion of AVI files only when the operation is terminated during the download or editing process, resulting in incomplete AVI video files. In short, when selecting an avimedia file in Windows XP, The delete.exe process will try to read the file information and provide the "preview" function, which will cause the media file to be occupied and cannot be deleted. The key to solving the problem is to cancel or bypass the preview function of Windows XP. Here we summarize five methods to delete it.

1. Create an empty folder, drag the file to be deleted to the folder, and delete the folder.

2. create an empty file, such as a TXT file, in the same folder of the media file. Drag and select the files together with the mouse When deleting the file, at this time, there will be no "preview" problem. Simply delete it.

3. after the instance is started, enter and execute CMD in "Start> Run", open a "command prompt" quit ", and then press" End Process ", at this time, the toolbar and desktop are gone. In this case, run the "Del" command in the "command prompt" (DOS) window to delete the AVI media file, and then enter "C: /Windows/cmder.exe "and execute the command to restore the toolbar and desktop.

4. Delete the key value "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/classes/CLSID/{87d62d94-71b3-4b9a-9489-5fe6850dc73e}" in the Registry to solve the deletion problem. However, when you right-click the AVI file to view its properties, the preview of the file will no longer be displayed. We recommend that you export and back up the registry key value for future recovery. You can also enter and execute "regsvr32/u shmedia. dll" in "Start> Run" to achieve the same effect as the above operations. To recover, Run "regsvr32 shmedia. dll.

5. Use File Management software such as total commander, or use the "local browsing" function provided by software such as flashfxp for deletion. Because these operations are not dependent on the cmde.exe process, as long as there is no "preview" problem, there will be no occupation problems.