Could not find this item - when deleting files

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tachy said:

I know this is a bit late, but I found a quick workaround:

1) Open a Command Prompt.
2) Browse to the folder containing the buggy file.
3) Type 'dir /x' to obtain the 8.3 formatted filename.
4) Delete the file using the 8.3 filename, e.g. 'del NEWDOC~1.DOC'

Hope this information may spread and help other users with the same problem.

thanks tachy
that file was very annoying.

I had 6 files located in my Videos folder and I could not delete them. I had all of the same symptoms as noted in prior post for this topic. I would go to Start/Videos/YouTube and this folder is where the 6 files were located which could not be deleted.

Next I noted that if I manually browsed C:/Users/Your Login Name/My Videos/YouTube the files that could not be deleted in the prior window were in fact gone. They had been deleted, but the Library indexing was still showing the files existed.

I went to the start button and typed in the search window.....Indexing. From the options drop down I selected Indexing Options. Then I selected the Advanced Button and selected Rebuild. This finally took care of the files that would not delete. They were in fact deleted, but the library indexing never refreshed when the files were originally deleted.

Hope this helps

I was amazed that using the DOS name to delete the file worked. I never got to the DelinvFile tool but am glad to know about it. Thanks for both suggestions.

I must thank galmeida for her suggestion about the DelinvFile tool. I had tried for several days to delete some files that were 0 bytes and "stuck" on my desktop. I tried the unlocker tool, the command prompt suggestions, etc. Nothing worked for me until galmeida's suggestion to use DelinvFile. I'm so glad I read that post and bought the tool! Thanks again for this forum. I am new to this forum, but plan to use it whenever I have a need.

first , i got this before........
when i downloaded a file via p2p, than i get an undeleteable folder......
i tried unlocker, command prompt "dir /x"...etc , a lot of methods and programs.....they all failed

I got the best way to solve it.....
Why we cant delete this folder?Because the folder name has an unacceptable special character, and cant be accept by windows(so do filemanager in windows ,command prompt)....so it wont works if you try to delete it in safe mode(it is still under windows!!!)

this is what i guess:the original owner of the folder shared this via bittorrent on a linux PC ....and i downloaded to my windows, it screws.....

How to Solve this:
(1)go to Ubuntu website,download a Ubuntu install cd
(2)burn it to a cd,and boot from it
(3)note:dont install ubuntu on your PC , just choose the direct boot from LiveCD option
(4) in the ubuntu filemanager go to your disk , find the folder,and delete it,thats it
(5)HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I WIN!!

After trying everything listed prior to the one below, it was this one that worked for me.
Simple:

I know this is a bit late, but I found a quick workaround:

1) Open a Command Prompt.
2) Browse to the folder containing the buggy file.
3) Type 'dir /x' to obtain the 8.3 formatted filename.
4) Delete the file using the 8.3 filename, e.g. 'del NEWDOC~1.DOC'

Hope this information may spread and help other users with the same problem.