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Deleting Locked Files
How can I delete locked clips? I try to unlock them in the bin but I just can’t. There’s a message that comes up and says filename cannot be unlocked! I can’t delete them using the MDV avid either. It’s eating to much space on my harddrive and I can’t find a way to unlock them. Help, please?
Mario Biennarc Sioco
Videographer & Video Editor
Gulf Broadcast
Kingdom of Bahrain -
5 Replies
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Try unlocking them through Explorer or the Finder if you’re on a Mac. In Windows, right-click on folder containing files, view properties, and uncheck the read-only attribute.
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Use your OS to search your drives for files with a .lck (lock) extension and delete them.
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It’s the clip itself that is locked. I checked all the project bins and made sure that there are no .lck files. I also tried right clicking and removing the read only attributes. But when I click it again, the read only attributes become checked again. 🙁 Too bad I have other projects in the AvidMediafiles folder so I can’t just format the drive. Any other solutions?
Mario Biennarc Sioco
Videographer & Video Editor
Gulf Broadcast
Kingdom of Bahrain -
Hi Mario.. I had the same problem and it is a matter of setting permissions on the folder that the files reside in. This is what worked for me:
Start->Run->”explorer”->(Navigate to Folder)->(Right Click On Folder)->Sharing & Security->(Check) Share this folder on the network->(Check) “Allow network users to change my files”.
Try it. Hope it works for you!
Stu.
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You are brilliant!!! Thanks buddy!
Mario Biennarc Sioco
Videographer & Video Editor
Gulf Broadcast
Kingdom of Bahrain
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