subject: How To Delete Corrupted Avi Files? [print this page] The file extension of .AVI is used for Windows Video files. These files can be played with Windows Media Player or other media players. These AVI files you can download from internet on many places. When you download files sometimes it may be corrupted and will not play properly. And if you try to delete it in Windows Explorer it cannot be deleted. Instead will give you an error message that "Error deleting file or folder. Cannot delete .AVI file. It's being used by another person or program. Close any program that might be using the file and try again." In actual, there is no other program using this file. Even you cannot rename or copy or move it to another location.
When you click on an AVI file in Windows Explorer, the operating system attempts to read the entire file to find out the dimensions, duration, etc. of the file. If the file is corrupted or partially downloaded, you will have problems while copy, move, rename, or delete it. By using the "Registry Editor" you can solve this problem.
For solution open windows Registry Editor for that click on Start menu button, click Run and type REGEDIT in text box. You will get Registry Editor Window. In that on the left pane navigate the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. And click on following path HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations.avishellexPropertyHandler. At the right pane you will see only one property handler key name as (Default). Right click on that key and select Delete from context menu. Your AVI file will get deleted. Close Registry editor. Now to run the media you will need to download or install setup for AVI files.
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