Unable to delete psd’s

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Jack
Jul 20, 2003
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Tried that. It won’t let me. Thanks anyway. Jack M

"j.pring2" wrote in message
How about converting them to another format, then deleting them?
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Tim Wenzl
Jul 20, 2003
Jack wrote:

I am unable to delete my *psd files that are sitting in the Recycle Bin. I get the message "Cannot delete (file name). It is being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again". I have no programs up that I am aware of, and cannot find the files in a search. I can’t restore them, or move them, or anything. Does anyone know what is happening here? I am running Windows XP. Thanks in advance.

Try restarting your computer, then deleting them.

Tim
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Bernie
Jul 20, 2003
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:52:35 GMT, Tim Wenzl
wrote:

Try restarting your computer, then deleting them.

Tim
An’ if that don’t work – restart in safe mode, they should then delete, worked for me after I had tried the last 2 options.

HTH
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Jack
Jul 21, 2003
It worked!! Restarting the computer. I’m embarrassed, should have been able to figure that out. Thanks a bunch. Jack M

"Tim Wenzl" wrote in message
Jack wrote:

I am unable to delete my *psd files that are sitting in the Recycle Bin.
I
get the message "Cannot delete (file name). It is being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and
try
again". I have no programs up that I am aware of, and cannot find the
files
in a search. I can’t restore them, or move them, or anything. Does
anyone
know what is happening here? I am running Windows XP. Thanks in
advance.
Try restarting your computer, then deleting them.

Tim
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Hecate
Jul 21, 2003
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:40:35 GMT, "Jack" wrote:

I am unable to delete my *psd files that are sitting in the Recycle Bin. I get the message "Cannot delete (file name). It is being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again". I have no programs up that I am aware of, and cannot find the files in a search. I can’t restore them, or move them, or anything. Does anyone know what is happening here? I am running Windows XP. Thanks in advance. Jack M.
1. Reboot in safe mode.
2. Open Command Console.
3. Navigate to recycle bin.
4. Delete files one by one manually.
5. Reboot normally.

—

Hecate
(Fried computers a specialty)
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Tim Wenzl
Jul 21, 2003
Jack wrote:

It worked!! Restarting the computer. I’m embarrassed, should have been able to figure that out. Thanks a bunch. Jack M

"Tim Wenzl" wrote:

Try restarting your computer, then deleting them.

Sure thing; glad it worked out. I found that ‘fix’ by accident one day when I couldn’t get some files deleted. Got so fed up that I just rebooted.

Tim
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J C
Jul 23, 2003
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:22:33 GMT, "Jack" wrote:

Tried that. It won’t let me. Thanks anyway. Jack M

"j.pring2" wrote in message
How about converting them to another format, then deleting them?

Did you have Photoshop closed when you tried to delete those files?

— JC
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J C
Jul 23, 2003
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:24:21 GMT, "Jack" wrote:

It worked!! Restarting the computer. I’m embarrassed, should have been able to figure that out. Thanks a bunch. Jack M

Just FYI, most likely your problem stemmed from the fact that PS uses its own swap file. I’d bet the either those files were recently used and PS was running when you tried to delete them, or PS has crashed and left its swap file on your hard drive.

And… if you’ve ever had PS crash on you, you might want to look for unusually large files on your disk… and delete them.

— JC

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