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Troublesome File

BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
edited December 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I've got a folder on my pc that has a fair few files, and there seems to be a bit of a troublemaker. Whenever i load open the folder, it waits about ten seconds and then crashes windows explorer. Now obviously i tried to delete the file that i thought was the problem, and sure enough, whenever i highlight it, windows explorer crashes and dumps me back onto my desktop. Is there anyway of getting rid of the file in question?

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    JHunzJHunz Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Reboot, then try deleting from the command line without ever trying to load the folder in Explorer.

    I remember this working when I had a problem with XP not reading file metadata from a large video file correctly.

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    BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Just tried it and it worked a treat, cheers.

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