Can't delete .psd file

2004-06-01 15:21:32

I have a psd file that refuses to be deleted, says it's in use by another program or user, and it isn't. I can't move it, I can't delete it I can't rename it and I can't make any changes to it. Anyone got a clue why this file is suddenly invulnerable?

@Peter Aitken

2004-06-01 15:54:13

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I have a psd file that refuses to be deleted, says it's in use by another

program or user, and it isn't. I can't move it, I can't delete it I can't rename it and I can't make any changes to it. Anyone got a clue why this file is suddenly invulnerable?

I see this happen now and then with various kinds of files. In my experience, the next time you reboot the problem will go away.

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Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

@LenHewitt

2004-06-01 16:27:25

Rename psicon.dll to psicon.dll .old, re-boot the computer and then try to delete.

@Jim_Clinkenbeard

2004-06-02 20:05:41

Had several files with same problems. For some reason if I opened PS after boot I could work with/delete files. If I opened Windows Explorer first, I could not. Also a "psicon.dll" thing?

@dave_milbut

2004-06-02 21:20:24

Also a "psicon.dll" thing?

yes

@rrose_selavy

2004-06-04 17:55:59

Can the same thing happen to an EPS file? If so, what is the icon.dll named for it?
And....do you have to rename the dll back again afterwards?

@LenHewitt

2004-06-04 20:18:22

rrose,

Exactly the same file, psicon.dll

do you have to rename the dll back again afterwards?<<

If you don't you won't get thumbnails for PSD's in explorer

@rrose_selavy

2004-06-04 23:57:17

Thank you, Len.

@Gene Palmiter

2004-06-12 03:13:46

so...what is psicon.dll? Is it necessary...can we delete it before it goes bad? I have occasional similar problems...I cannot drag a file to InDesign because "the file is in use"....but its not. I just rename it and import the copy...but if removing that file ends the problem without causing others...I am prepped for surgery!

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Thank you, Len.

@Gene Palmiter

2004-06-12 03:20:34

I found an interesting post about that dll

http://structbio.vanderbilt.edu/~jp/content/misc/photoshop_b ug.php

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I have a psd file that refuses to be deleted, says it's in use by another

program or user, and it isn't. I can't move it, I can't delete it I can't rename it and I can't make any changes to it. Anyone got a clue why this file is suddenly invulnerable?

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