Nikon D300 RAW and PSE 5.0 (Win)

I have just started to process my Nikon D300 RAW images in my ACR / PSE 5.0 (Win) installation. The RAW conversion works OK but when I want to remove the actual RAW files from my computer to store elsewhere, the computer will not let me move or delete them because "they are being used by another program or person."
I have also noticed other strange goings on with these RAW files sometimes causing PSE to freeze.
A quick check with the Process Explorer diagnostic tool from Microsoft indicates that something called Photoshop Elements File Agent.exe is still running in the background. Is this a problem of the RAW files themselves or PSE? Has any other user met this? I have backed up "My Catalog", restarted my computer and uninstalled / reinstalled my PSE 5.0 to no avail.
Any help gratefully received!

Hi dj_paige
1. Sorry but Windows XP (SP3).
2. My current RAW workflow involves deleting the
NEF RAW files from the PSE Organiser after
conversion, copying / backing up the NEF files to
an external HDD (which works OK) and then moving
them (via standard Windows Explorer
drag-and-drop) from the "Download" folder to an
"Archive" folder on my computer internal hard
drive. I got the same error message when I tried
to delete them from the "Download" folder. My
son, who works in computers, put me onto the
Microsoft "Process Explorer" utility, to try and
find which program was still using the files.
3. I have had no problems with this workflow with
my previous Nikon D70. My suspicions about the
D300 RAW files arose when the problem happened
with the first one I tried to move / delete.
4. The other "strange goings on" relate to trying
to reopen one of the affected D300 NEF RAW files
back into PSE Editor. My PSE5 installation just
stopped. Today, after having reinstalled my PSE
software, when trying to import one of the
affected D300 NEF RAW files back into PSE
Organiser, I got an error message relating to
"Memory". As this is all somewhat vague, I will
try to recreate and note the error messages received.
I look forward to any progress on this matter.
Kind Regards
Adrian Law

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