Loadmovie corrupting the loaded swf

Hi,
I am running Flash MX and I made a preloader with a
loadmovie. The problem is that the elements of the preloader remain
in the loaded swf even though I did a "delete.this on enter frame"
thingy
Can anyone tell me why?
Here my code for info:

Could the fact I have 4 layers in my preloader/loadmovie have
anything to do with the problem? (1st layer I have a black
background, 2nd I have a the progress bar movie clip, 3rd a dynamic
text field, and 4th the actions)
Should I put everything on the 1st layer?

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