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    Huge file cannot be deleted
    « on: April 27, 2015, 07:32:08 PM »
    I was working with Adobe Premier Pro to edit some videos. In one of the projects, there was one huge file (2.01GB) created, which I cannot delete. At first I thought it was one of those temporary files, but it still cannot be deleted after I reboot, or even in Safe Mode.



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    Re: Huge file cannot be deleted
    « Reply #1 on: April 27, 2015, 10:56:43 PM »
    The is very odd.
    Do you have a good Anti Virus installed?

    There is a set of programs that can do a 'move on boot' action.
    That might be the best way to resolve your problem.
    Here is a download for a free program.
    Emco MoveOnBoot

    Does that help?  ;)

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      Re: Huge file cannot be deleted
      « Reply #2 on: April 28, 2015, 01:42:04 AM »
      Hi Geek,

      I have AVG 2015 on my machine.

      I downloaded and installed Emco MoveOnBoot but the program doesn't launch, i.e. it prompts whether I want to allow the program to make changes to my computer blah blah blah, but after I click yes, nothing happens.

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        Re: Huge file cannot be deleted
        « Reply #3 on: April 28, 2015, 02:21:36 AM »
        Hi Geek, I found this clip on Youtube showing how to tackle this issue.

        However, at the step to rename the file/folder, I get an error that "The system cannot find the file specified."

        Then I tried to delete it straightaway instead of rename it first, it works!

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        Re: Huge file cannot be deleted
        « Reply #4 on: April 28, 2015, 09:03:10 AM »
        So we can mark this as fixed.  :)