I am deleting the file manually. Once it is deleted, the file appears to be gone in the folder.
The way the Access frontend/backend works is through a connect string. For example, the front end looks for the backend at C:\Program Files\Mansker Enterprises\AD\AthleticData.mdb.
If I delete the AthleticData.mdb file and open the frontend, I should get an error because the file no longer exists, but the frontend opens up just as it did before and it is connecting to the AthleticData.mdb file even though I deleted it. I believe that the deleted file is being stored in some type of virtual folder somewhere that still maintains the characteristics of the C:\Program File\Mansker Enterprises\AD folder.