andy, have you tried booting into safe mode and deleting it? just a thought... this doesn't sound like a file that should be there! ~s ----- From: "andy" > No joy, I'm afraid..it still comes up 'This file is being used by another > program or another user'. There is no ther user on my system, I'm not on a > network > > Why I TRY and delete it, the PC runs really slowly afterwards..I'm a bit > concerned about this file now, AVG is scanning it ok, but it just won't > flush away To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/