Cannot delete: access denied

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Rita King

Hi,
Using Win2000Server - I am trying to delete a couple of directories -
unsuccessfully. I have full admin rights.
For some reason of the dozens I removed about 6 or so won't delete. I get
"Error Selecting File or Folder - cannot delete xyz.wpd Access Denied - the
source file may be in use"

The files are not in use. This happened weeks ago. Since then the server has
been rebooted several times and each workstation has been shut down dozens
of times.

Any ideas?

Thanks
 
CTRL + ALT + DELETE

see what proccesses are running... It is possibly one of the proccesses is
making use of that file therefor you are unable to delete it.

Also try booting into Safe Mode and deleting the file.

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