Windows 7 - Cant delete pesky folder...aarrgghh

Hi im new to the forum and i cant seem to delete a folder on my desktop...and if i move it it pops back up on the desktop in the same place....I merged two folders of the same name and i think this may be the root of the problem....any help would be appreciated....Thanks ..John

if i cant delete or move a file/folder i use a free program called unlocker. try that

I did and it said it was not being used by any program....i just turned the read only function off and it restored to the desktop again.....

just choose the delete option, it may require you to reboot to complete the action.

It might be pertinant to know what the folder is called and from where it came.
Some system folders, inclucing junctions cannot be deleted and incidentally should not be.

You could give the free version of this program a try.

Its actually a folder i created and i scanned some pdf,s into it, then i dragged and dropped it to another folder and some how i merged the new folder with the other folder of the same name and now i cant get rid of the shell folder..its not a system file or one of any importance...The same problem happened once before and i used it for other documents in fact its still on my desktop.....

See the link for MalwarBytes in my sig. Download it and it has a feature called File Assassin which should delete this pesky file for you. Find it under the More Tools tab.

Go into safe mode and delete the files inside the folder, then delete the folder. Reboot

Well i tries anti malware bytes and it didnt recognize the folder in question.....and i ran a full system scan with the same tool but turned up nothing...the folder in question is empty and ill try to delete it in safe mode......ill keep ya guys posted...Thanks...