Can’t delete .psd file

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_vagabond_
Jun 1, 2004
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I have a psd file that refuses to be deleted, says it’s in use by another program or user, and it isn’t. I can’t move it, I can’t delete it I can’t rename it and I can’t make any changes to it. Anyone got a clue why this file is suddenly invulnerable?
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Peter Aitken
Jun 1, 2004
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I have a psd file that refuses to be deleted, says it’s in use by another
program or user, and it isn’t. I can’t move it, I can’t delete it I can’t rename it and I can’t make any changes to it. Anyone got a clue why this file is suddenly invulnerable?

I see this happen now and then with various kinds of files. In my experience, the next time you reboot the problem will go away.

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LenHewitt
Jun 1, 2004
Rename psicon.dll to psicon.dll .old, re-boot the computer and then try to delete.
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Jim_Clinkenbeard
Jun 2, 2004
Had several files with same problems. For some reason if I opened PS after boot I could work with/delete files. If I opened Windows Explorer first, I could not. Also a "psicon.dll" thing?
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dave_milbut
Jun 2, 2004
Also a "psicon.dll" thing?

yes
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rrose_selavy
Jun 4, 2004
Can the same thing happen to an EPS file? If so, what is the icon.dll named for it?
And….do you have to rename the dll back again afterwards?
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LenHewitt
Jun 4, 2004
rrose,

Exactly the same file, psicon.dll

do you have to rename the dll back again afterwards?<<

If you don’t you won’t get thumbnails for PSD’s in explorer
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rrose_selavy
Jun 4, 2004
Thank you, Len.
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Gene Palmiter
Jun 12, 2004
so…what is psicon.dll? Is it necessary…can we delete it before it goes bad? I have occasional similar problems…I cannot drag a file to InDesign because "the file is in use"….but its not. I just rename it and import the copy…but if removing that file ends the problem without causing others…I am prepped for surgery!

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Thank you, Len.

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Gene Palmiter
Jun 12, 2004
I found an interesting post about that dll

http://structbio.vanderbilt.edu/~jp/content/misc/photoshop_b ug.php

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I have a psd file that refuses to be deleted, says it’s in use by another
program or user, and it isn’t. I can’t move it, I can’t delete it I can’t rename it and I can’t make any changes to it. Anyone got a clue why this file is suddenly invulnerable?

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