How To Delete a Write Protected file
Steps
Open Windows Exporer and navigate to the directory that contains the file to be deleted
Right click on the file and click on properties
Under attributes, uncheck the "read-only" option and click on Apply
Right click the file again and click on delete, then click ok at the confirmation prompt
If this does not work, try the following.
Go to the start menu, click on Run, type in cmd and click OK
Type cd c:\name of directory (ex. c:\documents\web)
Type attrib -r filename.extension (ex. attrib -r test.txt) This will remove the read only attribute
Follow the steps above using Windows explorer to delete the file
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