admin password protection problems

[dmangets2001]

I am at the point in my install that I am password protecting my admin directory. I am using the password protection feature that is on my account mangement section of my web host service. When trying to do so I get this error from my host

The /www/catalog/admin directory contains an htaccess file that is not registered in the database. This can be part of an application or can be something left over.

 

The same warning is on my catalog file as well as downloads, includes, and pub folders.

This is what the file contents of the htacess file says

# $Id: .htaccess,v 1.1 2003/06/20 00:18:30 hpdl Exp $

#

# This is used with Apache WebServers

#

# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Options' to

# the AllowOverride configuration

#

# Example:

#

#

# AllowOverride Options

#

#

# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in the

# apache/conf/httpd.conf file)

 

# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet

# Explorer browsers

 

 

 

SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \

nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \

downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0

 

 

 

# If Search Engine Friendly URLs do not work, try enabling the

# following Apache configuration parameter

#

# AcceptPathInfo On

 

# Fix certain PHP values

# (commented out by default to prevent errors occuring on certain

# servers)

#

#

# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

# php_value register_globals 1

#

 

 

Then my host has this at the bottom

You will not be able to password protect this directory using the Password Site Access tool with this file in place. Would you like to delete this htaccess file?

 

Can I just delete this file? If so do I need to delete the other htacess files from the other folders? Any help would be much appreciated Thanks in advance!

[dmangets2001]

Can no one help me on this?