5800 Deleting Podcast Library to remove General Sy...

When I try to play Podcasts from my Podcast Library I receive a general system error. This happens when I try to play from any option eg "All episiodes", "by Title" "by published date" etc.Podcasts title come up but selecting them leads to the general system error message.
I can play downloaded podcasts from the "podcasting" section where I have downloaded them.
This thread tells how to delete Tracks and Album Art from Music Library but does not mention podcasts
/discussions/board/message?board.id=topfaq&thread.id=106
Trying to delete through the option menu only gives the error message.
Any idea how to delete the Podcast Libray information?
Any other ideas how to solve this?
Thanks

I had a similar problem - I had previously deleted podcasts (removed via mass storage mode - oops) that were still listed in the Music library>Podcasts that wouldn't go away. Trying to delete them via the phone gave a "General system error" warning.
First I tried :
@romainb
>* Firstly, connect your phone to a PC via USB.
>* Choose Data Transfer (a.k.a. Mass Storage). Do not select PC Suite because you won’t be >able to browse protected folders in PC Suite mode.
>* Open Windows Explorer on your PC.
>* Go to \private\101FFC31 on the phone’s folder.
>* There, you should be able to find the mpxv1.mpd (for MP3) and pcv5.mpd (for AUDIO >PODCAST)
>* Goto \private\101f8857\Cache
>* Goto \private\101ffca9
>* In all the 3 folders delete all the files Not the FOLDER
>* Now refresh ur music library
Nothing changed or at least I've not yet found out what changed...
Then I tried:
@ XploitMachine
>- Open Windows Explorer
>- Open E:\Private folder
>- Open 101ffca9 Folder
>- Delete harvesterdb.dat file
>- Delete the E:\Private\10281e17
>- Disconnect phone from PC
>- Turn device OFF then ON back again
except that I didn't turn the phone on/off (missed that bit) just opened the music library. Phone checked for new music and podcasts.... Yay! Everything back into it's proper place and no more phantom podcasts.
Thank you!

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