Cannot delete particular folder and its subfolders

[RossMac]

I have a number of folders / subfolders that I don't seem to be able to delete. I created them so not a program folder.

When trying to delete a message comes up "cannot delete ....It is being used by another program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again". I looked at the proporties

Any ideas who to find out how to delete them? They are just data files that I copied to another PC with no link.

Folder properties seem OK

[egomeister]

Have you tried rebooting? I get this occasionally, but it's normally cured by a reboot.

[RossMac]

egomeister said:

Have you tried rebooting? I get this occasionally, but it's normally cured by a reboot.

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yep, a number of times

[mcflurry]

push f8 at boot up and startup in safe mode - it should then be deleteable

[RossMac]

mcflurry said:

push f8 at boot up and startup in safe mode - it should then be deleteable

cheers, this worked

[Morningside]

In the future have a look at this program.
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/1029-unlocker.ht...

Edited by Morningside on Saturday 26th May 18:59