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    Having trouble deleting a file

    I am trying to delete a read only folder on my PC. However, everytime I go into the properties, uncheck read only and then try to delete the folder, a message appears telling me that it is write protected. Lo and behold, when I re-enter the properties, the folder is read only again. Can anyone give me some advice on how to sort this out? I have performed a virus scan on the folder and it was clean, so that cannot be the reason. Thanks in advance.

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    Don't worry. I found that I still had a process running that I had overlooked. Managed to delete it fine.

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    I know you got it sorted but... if you still couldn't delete it, you could of easily done it in safe mode.

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    Or the 'Remove on Reboot' shell extension, which I find quite useful: Linky

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