I've got two games I want off my in-play list, they have both timed out. I searched for instructions on this and found recommendations to delete the folder with the game number from the ...\save\profile\net folder.

I've done this but when I do a send-and-receive they reappear in the in-play list. What do I do to get rid of these dead games?

Is it possible to send turn in these games?
If you can load these battles, your opponent don't finish it and you can play it.
You can delete just finished games.

I had a simular problem I think..

I was timed out, the other player ended the game, but the game was still in my play list, and I was able to play them. "Repairing" the game fixed the problem and moved the games to the finished ones. The other player who ended the game got the game back in the play list when I restarted to play the already ended game.

Maybe that's happening to you too?