Hi cplush,
I got it. Not sure if this is a fix but it worked. Even after getting the "I couldn't go there from here" messages I got to thinking that this is a Microsoft program.
I have had a cell phone and a PDA and got the MOTO to combine, as the old Palm was broken.
I had never turned my cell off! So, ....
bottom line - to erase the deleted file it seems that a "reboot" was needed.
Microsoft magic.