Undeletable Folder?

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sfang42369

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I am running on Vista Ultimate 64bit. The folder is sitting empty on my desktop and i cannot manage to delete it. When i try to delete it it says "Could not find this item" "This is no longer located ... Verify the item's location and try again." I tried to use the command prompt, but it said that the same thing as when i tried to delete it from my desktop. I installed unlocker but i have no idea how to use it. All its done is made an icon appear in my taskbar. Has anyone had this happen?
 
If that doesn't fix it, try opening a command prompt with admin rights and run chkdsk /f.

It might need to run the scan the next time you reboot. Then try deleting the file.
 
The pesky folder is still there. I ran chkdsk and i have restarted my computer multiple times. it still says the same thing when i try to delete it.
 
ryan_975 said:
it may have some special hidden characters that Explorer doesn't understand.

Read through this and see if any of it helps you out.
http://www.winhlp.com/node/39
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Have you tried booting into safe mode and trying to delete it? I had a similar situation where my recycle bin showed it was full but it said I could not delete the contents, even though there were no contents (even with hidden files/system files viewable). Safe mode allowed me to empty it.

Btw, with Unlocker, you simply right click the folder, choose unlocker and pick delete. You can also choose to "unlock" it, then delete, but strait deleting it is quicker.
 
Thanks to that website, finally got rid of the "windows.old" folder that kept saying "Folder cannot be found." everytime I tried to delete it.

My steps were: (Vista x64 Ultimate)
1. Open Command prompt as Admin.
2. Navigate to the root directory where the folder is located. (In my case C:\)
3. Most important step: ALT+CTRL+DEL and go to Processes and kill off explorer.exe. Keep task manager open or just open it again after Step 4.
4. Now without a taskbar, use ALT+TAB to switch back to the Command prompt and type in rmdir /s name-of-folder and press ENTER
5. Exit command prompt and go back to Task manager and go to File then Run... Type in explorer.exe.

The folder should now be removed.

EDIT: By the way, for some odd reason, Unlocker wouldn't work for me in getting it removed.
 
i just tried to use cmd to delete it, except it says "The system cannot find the specified file"

EDIT: Unlocker isnt showing up on the right click menu. I have restarted my computer a few times as well and it never showed up. There is still an icon on my task bar however.
 
sfang42369 said:
i just tried to use cmd to delete it, except it says "The system cannot find the specified file"

EDIT: Unlocker isnt showing up on the right click menu. I have restarted my computer a few times as well and it never showed up. There is still an icon on my task bar however.
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When you install it, it gives you the 'install in context menu' or something, or install in right click, something like that. Have to have that checked.
 
I had a folder like that on Vista 64 that would not delete. I tried every trick I could find. Nothing worked. I was obsessed for days trying to get rid of it. The only thing that got rid of it was my next format.
 
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