AVI files in Windows XP system

During the process of intimate contact with the Windows XP system, you may often find that the avi video file cannot be deleted correctly. The specific phenomenon may be that the system can pop up the prompt window "Cannot delete, please exit the application", even if it is restarted. This phenomenon still exists when the system is in use. So why is it possible to delete the avi file on the Windows XP system? How do we correctly delete the avi file? In fact, this is mainly because of the multimedia file preview function of Windows XP itself, because the function will be When we access the avi file, we automatically call the system Explorer.exe process to preview the contents of the file. If the avi file itself has a problem or the operation is abruptly terminated during the access process, the Windows XP system is easy to preview. Stopping the response, causing the phenomenon that it cannot be deleted. In order to successfully delete the avi file in Windows XP system, you can cancel the multimedia preview function of Windows XP system by the following methods:

1. Registry Editing Method

Click the "Start" /"Run" command, open the system's running dialog box, enter the registry editing command "Regedit", click the "OK" button, open the system's registry editing window;

Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\CLSID\\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E} registry branch (Figure 1) with the mouse, then use the mouse to select the InProcServer32 sub-item under the branch and use the right mouse button. Click it, execute the “Delete” command from the pop-up shortcut menu, and finally exit the registry editing window and restart the computer system, which will cancel the multimedia file preview function of Windows XP system.

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2, the direct write-off method

This method is by means of the built-in Windows XP system "regsvr32 /u" command, directly related to the multimedia file preview function The dynamic link file is logged off, thus achieving the purpose of bypassing the multimedia preview function. Click the "Start" /"Run" command, open the system's run dialog box, enter the string command "Regsvr32 /u Shmedia.dll", click the "OK" button, the screen will pop up as shown in Figure 2. The prompt "DllUnregisterserver in Shmedia.dll succeeds" prompts that the system's multimedia preview function has been successfully logged out. If you want to use this function again in the future, you can execute the "Regsvr32 Shmedia.dll" command in the system running dialog box.

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3, tool deletion method

This method is through the file deletion function of Winrar tool, the avi file as a normal compressed document directly Deleted, the delete operation can be successfully executed because it does not depend on the system's Explorer.exe process. You can click the "Start" /"Programs" /"Winrar" /"Winrar" command to open the main program interface of the Winrar tool; then find the folder where the avi file is located in the interface, then right click on the folder The target avi file below the folder, from the pop-up right-click menu to execute the "delete" command, so that the avi file can be successfully deleted.

4, system switching method

Because the Windows 98 operating system does not support the multimedia file preview function, in this system environment, any avi file that has not been run can be directly deleted. Therefore, according to this idea, we can find a way to switch the system to the Windows 98 operating environment to delete the avi file. For example, if your computer has both Windows 98 and Windows XP dual operating systems installed, then you may wish to restart the computer system, then press the F8 function key during the boot process to bring up the system boot menu and Select the "Windows 98" option. After the Windows 98 system is successfully booted, you can open the system's Explorer window, find the target avi file, and delete it directly.