Index: src/os_win.c
==================================================================
--- src/os_win.c
+++ src/os_win.c
@@ -502,11 +502,11 @@
 #if OS_WINCE
     return SQLITE_NOMEM;
 #else
     do{
       rc = DeleteFileA(zFilename);
-    }while( rc==0 && GetFileAttributesA(zFilename)
+    }while( rc==0 && GetFileAttributesA(zFilename)!=0xffffffff
             && cnt++ < MX_DELETION_ATTEMPTS && (Sleep(100), 1) );
 #endif
   }
   TRACE2("DELETE \"%s\"\n", zFilename);
   return rc!=0 ? SQLITE_OK : SQLITE_IOERR;