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Dave60

Joined: 05 Mar 2005
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Location: central Connecticut


PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:43 am    Post subject: Help! Can't delete *.psd file. Any ideas? Reply with quote

I open a folder of pictures (Photoshop app not launched) and go to delete a file. Instead of letting me dump it to the recycle bin I get a message that says

Error deleting file or folder.

"Cannot delete pachys904a: It is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again."

OK [button]

To the best of my knowledge the file is NOT being used anywhere else. It is two layers, unflattened, and size is 11MB! Wow! I'm using ver 6.0 and Win XP.

Any help would be appreciated!

Dave
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witam

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 8:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you hit ctrl+alt+del and go to your system manager (or something like that, i'm translating) where you can see all your programs running, can you tell us which are running?
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swanseamale47

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are several possibilitys, try changing the file name first (if you can) or try shutting down the pc and restarting then try to delete. Is it just the one file or the folder you are trying to delete? there may be a hidden file in the folder. Did you try moving the file first? sometimes they can leave a part behind when you move and then it wont delete. Wayne
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Dave60

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Location: central Connecticut


PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:26 am    Post subject: Can't delete *.psd file Reply with quote

to witam and swanseamale47:

Thanks for your replies.

Shutting down and restarting fixed the problem without any other action. Thanks again!

Dave60
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