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bob obo
ameya_ahr4285941 Wrote:
> this one failed as well ! I could very easily create a new folder with
> the same name ! And when i tried to delete both folders, the new folder
> got deleted and the problem child still standing tall !
>
> So I have this folder on my desktop, and it is not getting deleted. I
> try to delete it, it says " It is no longer located in c:\- - -
> \desktop". Verify Items location and try again.
> I have tried to delete it through command prompt. No avail.
> Tried cutting the folder(it gets cut, i.e. its icon gets faded) then
> pressed F5 multiple times.. no use.
> Tried deleting the icon from Safe mode .. same old message.
>
> Can you please help?
>
> Even rightclick+refresh is not working. Anyways, I kinda had least hopes
> from this solution since I had presumed F5 and Rightclick+refresh should
> not make much of a difference.
>
> Recently i also had the same problem it was solved with the help of 7zip
> explorer.
> download it from here
> It is a explorer like windows explorer. After installing it open the
> program and go to the location where that specific file is located. you
> can't delete it directly with it. But you can change the name of the
> file. Some characters are not allowed in the names of a file. so change
> the name of the file to something without any special characters and
> spaces. now you can delete the file.
>
> I just had the same problem, and this is the only fix that worked. The
> issue stemmed from a couple of files deep within a directory structure
> with unprintable characters as names.
>
> I ran the command prompt as administrator, navigated to the folder with
> the files, and used the above "dir /a /x /p" command to get the 8.3
> names (which were of the form "ABCD~1". Instead of renaming the files,
> I just deleted them using the 8.3 names. After that, I was able to
> delete the folders normally.
>
> Drag another file into this folder or copy it into it.Then delete the
> folder. It works.
> Take care to have a backup of the file you put in that folder if it is
> an useful one.
>
> I have the same problem but my file is not on the desktop, when i type
> in the search bar for the file, i can see it but when i try to delete
> it, it says item not found. please help
Everyone - I tried to get rid of an undeletable file. The above method
worked easily. Thank you - Thank you - Thank you! Bob Obo
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> this one failed as well ! I could very easily create a new folder with
> the same name ! And when i tried to delete both folders, the new folder
> got deleted and the problem child still standing tall !
>
> So I have this folder on my desktop, and it is not getting deleted. I
> try to delete it, it says " It is no longer located in c:\- - -
> \desktop". Verify Items location and try again.
> I have tried to delete it through command prompt. No avail.
> Tried cutting the folder(it gets cut, i.e. its icon gets faded) then
> pressed F5 multiple times.. no use.
> Tried deleting the icon from Safe mode .. same old message.
>
> Can you please help?
>
> Even rightclick+refresh is not working. Anyways, I kinda had least hopes
> from this solution since I had presumed F5 and Rightclick+refresh should
> not make much of a difference.
>
> Recently i also had the same problem it was solved with the help of 7zip
> explorer.
> download it from here
> It is a explorer like windows explorer. After installing it open the
> program and go to the location where that specific file is located. you
> can't delete it directly with it. But you can change the name of the
> file. Some characters are not allowed in the names of a file. so change
> the name of the file to something without any special characters and
> spaces. now you can delete the file.
>
> I just had the same problem, and this is the only fix that worked. The
> issue stemmed from a couple of files deep within a directory structure
> with unprintable characters as names.
>
> I ran the command prompt as administrator, navigated to the folder with
> the files, and used the above "dir /a /x /p" command to get the 8.3
> names (which were of the form "ABCD~1". Instead of renaming the files,
> I just deleted them using the 8.3 names. After that, I was able to
> delete the folders normally.
>
> Drag another file into this folder or copy it into it.Then delete the
> folder. It works.
> Take care to have a backup of the file you put in that folder if it is
> an useful one.
>
> I have the same problem but my file is not on the desktop, when i type
> in the search bar for the file, i can see it but when i try to delete
> it, it says item not found. please help
Everyone - I tried to get rid of an undeletable file. The above method
worked easily. Thank you - Thank you - Thank you! Bob Obo
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