Vista problem: can't delete shortcut

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I installed the e text editor on my computer a few months ago, on Windows XP. I formatted my OS partition a few weeks ago and installed Vista over the top. I tried to delete all of the old application folders from the partition i install applications on, but when I came to the e folder, it wouldn't do it. It seems there's one particular shortcut in there which I just can't delete.

Whenever I try to, it warns me that I'll need to confirm the operation, so I click OK and then click continue on the following dialogue, but after that it just says 'access denied'. I basically can't touch the shortcut; can't delete it, rename it, move it, change it, changes its permissions, nothing.

What can I do about it?
 
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