Click the Start Button.
Click All Programs
followed by Accessories.
In the Accessories drop
down menu click
Command Prompt. The Command Prompt
window will now open.
Close all other programs
that are running with the
exception of the
Command Prompt. Now click Start and then
Run.
In the Run dialog box
type: taskmgr.exe.
In the Task Manager
window click on the Processes tab.
From the processes list
highlight Explorer.exe and
then click the End Process
button.
Don't close the Task Manager window, leave it
open. You should have the
Command Prompt and the
Task Manager window
open.
Now return to the Command Prompt
window and change the
directory to the directory
that contains the file(s)
you wish to delete.
At the Command Prompt type: del (filename)
(where the (filename) is
the name of the file you
want to delete).
Press Enter to delete the
file. Now go back to the Task
Manager window.
Click File>New Task.
In the New task dialog
box type: explorer.exe.
The Explorer User Interface (GUI) should
now start.
Finally close the Task
Manager Window and the
Command Prompt