Stubborn files that refuse to be deleted

I've recently had some of my video files stick in my folders and refuse to be deleted, always claiming that some program is trying to run the file. I call it the "sticky file syndrome".

I've recently found the cure for SFS! Most of the time, there's a fundamental problem with the file itself, and not that any program is trying to run it. So what I did was to copy the same file type outside the suspect folder, rename it as the file I'm trying to delete.

Copy that file (now of the same name as the one you're trying to delete) into the suspect folder. Apparently Windows has a problem with deleting their files, but it doesn't have a problem with overwriting them!

Once you've overwritten the file, all the problems with deleting the file should cease. Just delete it away and viola! Cleaner folders!