this is getting nearer as i did not encountered any error while executing the stm... however, the file was not deleted at all...

tried all the followings but somehow the file just don't get deleted:-

del "C:\Documents and Settings\" + @userid + ".DOMAIN\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot"

del "C:\Documents and Settings\" + "@userid" + ".DOMAIN\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot"

del "C:\Documents and Settings\" + $user + ".DOMAIN\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot"

del "C:\Documents and Settings\" + "$user" + ".DOMAIN\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot"