Posted by Java Jive on 05/09/06 17:29

I've known this happen when the default player is not WMP, the process that
locks the file being the need to go and get an icon from the player
executable. If this is the problem here, then changing the default icon for
the file type to a standard Windows icon should remove the lock.

"Cerulean" <Spamming@NOTallowed.com> wrote in message
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> I have an older computer (PIII, 650 MHz, 128 SDRAM). I'm having
> difficulty editing the ID3 tags and renaming files, etc., because
> Windows 2000 doesn't let go. I was told in an MS group that the group
> would know of a workaround. Apparently there is a way to let the OS
> let go of the files so one work with them. Does anyone know the
> solution? It gets very annoying when one can't edit one's files
> properly.

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