Posted by Jyeshta on 05/09/06 20:21

On 09 May 2006 18:44:06 GMT, "fred-bloggs"
<fred-bloggs@hahahotmail.com> wrote:

>Jyeshta <whatever@twixtntween.com> wrote in
>news:joj1621c7n4pd65cc0nma61jl7oqgjjbgk@4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 09 May 2006 10:46:14 GMT, "dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Cerulean wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>That's just plain silly. One purpose of an OS *is* to permit you to
>>>edit/work with files. Have you managed to attribute Read
>>>Only/Hidden/System to all your files?
>>>
>>>You're welcome. BTW, your nym for this group is "Mitch something".
>>
>> Hi dadiOH,
>>
>> Long time, no type! I hope you're very well. I'm the one who
>> referred the OP here since the gurus on the WinMX group are mostly
>> gone. This was a problem people had with video files and there was a
>> fix posted there which I can't find. fred-bloggs knows the fix, I
>> think, and he's still around here, so I referred the OP here.
>>
>
>Hi Jyeshta,
>Good to see ya :)
>
>I'm still around but the fix I know applies to XP and video files.
>Cerulean is welcome to try it, it is easily reversed.
>
>Start Menu
>Run....
>regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
>OK
>
>You should get a message saying the service has been unregistered.
>
>To reverse the fix
>Start Menu
>Run....
>regsvr32 shmedia.dll
>OK

Hi, fred! Oh, you beat me to it! I just posted an excerpt of this
command I found searching Google Groups. It's good to know how to
reverse it! Thank you! :-)

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