Can't delete captured AVI files.

Hello all, I've run into this problem with 3 different capture programs and it's getting very annoying. Whether I use VDub, AVI-IO or DVGate (a Sony product), I cannot delete the captured AVI files when I an done with them. I get an error that says something like "Another program is using the file". This error occurs of course when No capture program is running, and even after multiple reboots and many days have passed since the files were first created. A utility program I have which displays processes and their dependencies seems to be telling me that the main system process (simply called 'Explorer' in the Task Manager process window, this is not Windows Explorer, BTW), is the process that is locking the files. I am running XP Home. The only way I have found to delete them is to re-boot the computer in Safe mode, and then the system allows me to blow the suckers away. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and how I can easily delete these files? Any feedback would be appreciated.

I recall a few posts about this in the general forum a long time ago. Apparently it's the preview function in XP that thinks the files are corrupted (are you using segmented capture?) and starts to work through the files to see if they can be 'recovered'. I think it is possible to turn this function off somehow, but I don't use XP so I haven't done it. Someone else maybe can find the threads where this was discussed or you can look at microsofts homepage for help.

Hakko504, Hey, thanks for the tip, I'll pursue that path.