Deleting data from a USB memory stick

[Andy M0FYA]

Did you try F5?

And what service pack for Vista do you have?

And... are you opening the Explorer window via a desktop link, (*.lnk file)? (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960954)

I hadn't tried F5, but now just have - nothing different.

I accept all the Vista updates as they appear from Microsoft almost weekly, so I'm assuming (dangerous, I know) that all Service Packs should be incorporated.

I'm opening Explorer by going to Computer and then clicking on Drive K.

Note that Explorer seems to refresh automatically - as soon as the Delete action is finished the Documents folder vanishes on its own - but then reappears as soon as Explorer is reopened to look at the K drive!

I'm thinking dodgy memory sticks more and more.

Andy