thumbs.db won't delete

Iv been trying to clean up my system, get rid of old things and trash them. However, I'm having trouble with some thumbs.db files. Most will trash and delete, but there are a few that keep telling me they are locked. When I try to empty trash they won't go away because they are locked. But, even using spotlight I can't find them anywhere other than the ones in the trash.

Any ideas how I can get rid of this? Plus, for some reason Iv gone from 1 now to 3 ... they multiply.

Mike

14" iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 1.07GHz, 768 Ram, 40GB HD, Safari3.0.4, Camino1.5.4, Airport Express, Bluetooth.

Posted on Jan 27, 2008 12:57 PM

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Jan 27, 2008 1:48 PM in response to smithrj

Ray,

That doesn't work. All it keeps saying is that the "thumb.db" is locked. Since Iv never been a PC user it's my guess that the thumb.db came along with a downloaded file or e-mail from friends. Probably nothing wrong with it being in the hard drive, but I'd still rather they weren't there. What worries me is the locked comment. What else is it doing???

Mike

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