remove old user account folders from the "users" folder on windows

I am running windows vista home premium. I have deleted some of the users
that I had set up on my computer through the control panel/user
accounts/manage accounts. The account have been removed but in the folder
"Users" on drive c/ there are still folders that were set up from the old
users. I have tried to delete these folders but even though I am the
administrator I keep being told that the folders can not be remove as they
are open in another programme.

I have no idea what programme it could be open in or how to find out. these
folders are all empty as far as I can see and just want to get rid of them.

Please help... thanks

David

On Wed, 6 May 2009 12:17:13 +0100, Dave-UK wrote:

> "freebirdhelper" <> wrote in message
> news:A9C89330-6B9E-446C-A128-...
>> I am running windows vista home premium. I have deleted some of the users
>> that I had set up on my computer through the control panel/user
>> accounts/manage accounts. The account have been removed but in the folder
>> "Users" on drive c/ there are still folders that were set up from the old
>> users. I have tried to delete these folders but even though I am the
>> administrator I keep being told that the folders can not be remove as they
>> are open in another programme.
>>
>> I have no idea what programme it could be open in or how to find out. these
>> folders are all empty as far as I can see and just want to get rid of them.
>>
>> Please help... thanks
>>
>> David
>
> I don't know if this would work but they may be listed here:
>
> Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Free up disk space
>

Or reboot. If that fails, boot into safe mode & try again.

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"freebirdhelper" <> wrote in
message news:A9C89330-6B9E-446C-A128-...
>I am running windows vista home premium. I have deleted some of the
>users
> that I had set up on my computer through the control panel/user
> accounts/manage accounts. The account have been removed but in the
> folder
> "Users" on drive c/ there are still folders that were set up from
> the old
> users. I have tried to delete these folders but even though I am
> the
> administrator I keep being told that the folders can not be remove
> as they
> are open in another programme.
>
> I have no idea what programme it could be open in or how to find
> out. these
> folders are all empty as far as I can see and just want to get rid
> of them.
>
> Please help... thanks
>
> David


The right way of deleting a user profile is to use the profile
applet, which is accessible from the Advanced tab of the System
applet in Control Panel. (User Profiles).