arcpy.Delete_management not working on particular shpfiles.

[ShaneStevenson]

Hi folks, I've been stuck on this for ages. Hopefully someone might have some tips. I have some code to delete a .shp file.

arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/check"
ws = arcpy.env.workspace
in_data = "Folklore.shp"
data_type = ""

arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
arcpy.Delete_management(in_data, data_type)
arcpy.Delete_management('Folklore.shp')

The shp file just won't delete. It seems to make it stop working but not delete. It is a points shp file. This code works fine if I delete a polygon shp file. So I don't think it is a problem with the code. Does anybody know of any particular issues with deleting certain types of shp files. There are no lock files. And ArcMAP and ArcCatalog are closed.

Thanks

[DanPatterson_Retired]

from here... http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/tool-reference/data-management/delete.htm

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/check"
arcpy.Delete_management('Folklore.shp')‍‍‍

of course the folder and the shape file must exist.  If there was a lock, then you would get an error.

You may need to refresh your views in Windows  to see changes and/or in whatever you are using to check to see if it is gone.

[RandyBurton]

Is it possible that the file's read-only attribute has been set?