ya i figured it might be explorer but since i didnt have probs with windows 2000 thought it was weird, my friend has xp and is not having any probs either. i installed a virus checker but uninstalled ...

I've got a file, specifically a 3.96 gig uncompressed AVI file, that refuses to delete. Even immediatly after a reboot, explorer will tell me that the file is in use 'by some program or application', ...