Cannot delete folder: It's being used by another program. Which &

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I am cleaning up My Documents and am deleting various files. When I find I
have deleted or moved all the files in a folder, I obviously want to delete
the now empty folder too. On attempting to delete the folder I recieve the
message "Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program.
Close any programs that might be using the file and try again."

I am using Win XP and am not on a network, I therefore reckon there is no
other user, but what is the program which is using the folder I am deleting
and preventing me from deleting it?

Any thoughts on likely programs or on ways to find out the culprit are
greatly welcomed.

Thanks in advance,

A Taxed Mind
 

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