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    Can't get rid of locks on all mp3/audio files

    Thanks for the help, all. Dealmaster, it actually would work if I booted to "Command prompt only", so I know that using ubuntu/knoppix would work too--but not solve my problem (I like XP :) It turns out that any file associated with Winamp was always locked by Explorer. Nor sure why, but as...
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    Can't get rid of locks on all mp3/audio files

    I hope you are joking, 0roo. If not, please reread either of my posts above.
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    Can't get rid of locks on all mp3/audio files

    Thanks for the thoughts. Indexing is disabled, Office "Find Fast" is not installed, status bar is off, tooltips are off, thumbnails are off for this folder, and no extended property columns are viewed in this folder. I did these things to be sure, even though Explorer should be able to do all...
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    Can't get rid of locks on all mp3/audio files

    I cannot delete/copy/move any mp3, mp2, ogg, wma, wav, mid, or au file anywhere on my hard drive or on removable (USB flash memory) drives--it as if all such files (over 10,000) are locked by another process. I've made sure no programs are running (even tried safe mode and killing all...