I'm not sure if this is SW or windows XP but I have a number of SW files (parts/assemblies) that reappear after deleting them and later, restarting my computer. I'm not working in PDM, just working files locally from my documents sub-folders. These are old versions of files I save-as-ed from some time ago and no longer need to keep around. I've even named the files in xp and the old copies reappear after restart but the renamed versions can be deleted. This seams to only be affecting SW related files.
***UPDATE: Right now this appears to be a windows profile login issue and not an SW issue thank you all for your input...
SolidworksGeneral