Can't delete files in temp folder

[Jane]

Trouble began in may. Norton AV scan kept hanging when it
got to the windows temp folder:
c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp
I tried moving the problem files to another folder,
scanning selected folders and then files, but the more I
moved and scanned, the more files caused Norton to hang.
So I tried disk cleanup and it froze too. Now if I even
click on files in the temp folder, the system hangs up. I
can't end the task. All I can do is shutdown, which takes
a VERY long time. Please help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Create another user with local admin rights and delete the files from there.

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| Trouble began in may. Norton AV scan kept hanging when it
| got to the windows temp folder:
| c:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp
| I tried moving the problem files to another folder,
| scanning selected folders and then files, but the more I
| moved and scanned, the more files caused Norton to hang.
| So I tried disk cleanup and it froze too. Now if I even
| click on files in the temp folder, the system hangs up. I
| can't end the task. All I can do is shutdown, which takes
| a VERY long time. Please help.

 

[Gerald]

Have you tried logging in safe mode and deleting the file
from using dos?