It is bugging me for about half year now, and it is making me crazy, I could not find a solution still except Unlocker which I installed some time a go and it softens the problem a bit, but in some cases it wont help either.

So the problem is when i try to shift+delete some files or want to rename or move some files i get the next :



Then i click ok, and try shift+delete again and I get:



In these case I got some 4 explorer use of a list but sometime it goes 10 same items in the list or sometime even more

Does someone had the same experience, i would really appreciate for some help.
Thanks forth!

Oh, I forgot to mention that the problem is related ONLY for Video files or folders that contain Video files.

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Try to delete it in Safe Mode and see if you will be able to delete it.
Take the ownership of it and then delete:
"How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP"
How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
Or you can download this tool and delete with it:
CCleaner - Home

Sorry, a restart is not an option, neither a safe mode, cause this comp is working constantly, and it have some server network duties, I have to solve it in this turn and not after, but I will try the CCleaner and report.
Thank you.

I installed CCleaner, and it cleares some cookie files, registry entries and can uninstall some programs, but I cannot see how could I delete a specified file with it?

Hi Beatrix-- try the method here:

Delete "Undeletable" Files

Hi ih8bills, the "Delete "Undeletable" Files" method is working. It demands some drills , times and nerves, but it actually does the job.
You are killing the explorer process and release the files from its usage, very nice, i knewed about killing the explorer process and starting it again but i did not know that you can run a command promt until the explorer is dead. Very nice tip. Maybe I will look more for a simplier solution or some util that erases undeletable files without restarting your system, but this method is just the surest way for now.
Big thanx!