Cannot delete/copy/move .MOV files
I have a Sony Camera. I had some videos in it. To backup the same I copied them in my computer. It is a Windows Vista PC. Now everything went well. The data was around 1.5GB which copied well. I created a DVD out of those Videos. All files are kept on my desktop inside a folder. Now when I try to delete those files my PC freezes. I have to restart that forcefully. It does not respond at all. The same things happen when I right click on the files to view the size. I do not understand why this is happening. Things were working quiet fine last week, but the time I had used the camera it started giving me problem. When open the folder, the green bar which keeps on moving very slowly at the top. It does not completes. I had tried a number of things to make it work, but nothing happens. What should I do to get rid of this files.
Re: Cannot delete/copy/move .MOV files
First how you are trying to delete them. By right click > Delete or by choosing the file from mouse and hitting delete button from keyboard. It looks that you do not have the file permission to delete them, because of which the system freezes. Are you logged in as Admin. Try to gain file permission first. In Vista you just need to right click and choose Take Ownership. That's all. Then you can make changes to the files. If still the problem appears try to do the same in Safe Mode. That will help you more.
Re: Cannot delete/copy/move .MOV files
Thanks a lot. The VistaCodec thing worked for me. I was quiet annoyed with those mov files. I thought this issue appear because of virus. I was planing to format my computer to make it a bit more better. But after making the changes in settings of VistaCodec thing went back to normal.
Re: Cannot delete/copy/move .MOV files
Now there are some workout that can help you out for removing such files. First check that the files are not located in many folders. The deep path makes the file unaccessible for any action. Second you must also ensure that the your account has appropriate right to make changes in that file. Last thing the file source must be used by any application. Many video convertor are cause of this. I use one which by default use my desktop folder. I cannot remove files from that unless I quit the program completely.
Re: Cannot delete/copy/move .MOV files
Hi Guys, just to update you, finally I found a way to solve it
Do you have error messages?, like :
* Path too long
* Error cannot delete file: cannot read from source file or disk
* Cannot delete file: Access is denied
* There has been a sharing violation.
* Cannot delete file or folder The file name you specified is not valid or too long. Specify a different file name.
For that I tried it with:longpathtool