Cannot delete folder from desktop... 'Item not found'

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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