Cannot delete folder in Explorer

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Jack Lake

When I try to delete a particular folder in Windows Explorer it gives me the
error message "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk".

I have two of these Folder/files that refuse to be erased. Both were created as
leftovers after I used a program called clit.exe which is used to convert an
ebook .lit file to an ebook HTML file. The program does in fact work as
promised, but somehow erases the original file on the disk without telling
Explorer about it, or at least that's what I think is happening since Scandisk
says there are no disk errors.

How can I erase this folder/file that thinks it is a file (but isn't) in the
Explorer interface? (Explorer works fine in all other respects.) There must be a
hidden command somewhere but I sure can't find it.
 
Plato <|@|.|> wrote:

>Jack Lake wrote:
>>
>> When I try to delete a particular folder in Windows Explorer it gives me the
>> error message "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk".
>
>http://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm
>GENERAL FILE UTILITIES
>Stubborn File Deleters

-Thanks very much.-

The Unlocker utility you suggested got rid of one of my bad folder/files.

Unfortunately the other bad folder/file is in the Recycle Bin and none of the 3
suggested utilities seems to see the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin still works ok
in that it dumps as normal except for that one folder/file which gives me an
error message (that it can't find the file) whether I try to restore or delete
it.
 
Jack Lake <pleasenomail@fakeaddress.com> wrote:

>Plato <|@|.|> wrote:
>
>>Jack Lake wrote:
>>>
>>> When I try to delete a particular folder in Windows Explorer it gives me the
>>> error message "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk".
>>
>>http://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm
>>GENERAL FILE UTILITIES
>>Stubborn File Deleters
>
>-Thanks very much.-
>
>The Unlocker utility you suggested got rid of one of my bad folder/files.
>
>Unfortunately the other bad folder/file is in the Recycle Bin and none of the 3
>suggested utilities seems to see the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin still works ok
>in that it dumps as normal except for that one folder/file which gives me an
>error message (that it can't find the file) whether I try to restore or delete
>it.

Ah, sweet success. I couldn't delete or restore it from the Recycle Bin but it
did let me cut/paste it back into the regular area of Explorer from which I
zapped it too with Unlocker.

Again thanks for the utility suggestion. It solved the problem.
 
Jack Lake wrote:
>
> Again thanks for the utility suggestion. It solved the problem.

You're welcome.
 
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