Temporary Directory left behind cannot be deleted?

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I recently had to re-install XP and in the process, a temporary (?) directory
was left behind in the root of my C drive. This directory has has a very
cryptic name and it contains an update directory which contains an SP2
directory which contains a single file update.exe. So the entire thing looks
like:

Babced......./update/sp2/update.exe

I searched the knowledge base and found several KB articles regarding
temporary directories being left behind during the application of XP patches,
but each of them simply recommends deleting the directory and getting the
latest version of the patch. However, when I try to delete the directory, I
am told I do not have proper authorization to delete this.

I am sure I could eventually get rid of this directory - probably by setting
the attributes on the directory and perhaps turning off file protection, but
that's crossing my line of comfort in removing this directory - can someone
provide reassurance that doing so is actually a safe operation?

Thanks in advance...
.

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