Windows 7: Folder won't Delete - ARGH

Wat abt from a new user account?

There is nothing in the registry that displays that folder, only the tag default which I won't delete

I tried that as well, the folder does appear in with a directory listing but it won't delete even in DOS. The folder has no use, and I can honestly confess to that even for Windows, yet for some very strange reason it won't delete this is becoming frustrating. If there was some program out there, that would just with brute force delete it and it would be gone for good.

And again, sorry to hammer the point, did you use the rmdir command in DOS to delete the folder? The del command will not delete a folder, only a file.

I had a similar problem and my WHS was "processing" a file in the folder. But usually the tools like Unlocker will tell you what process is hanging onto the folder.

slave the drive, as in setting it as a secondary hard drive on a different computer. then from that computer go to c:\users\"youruser profile"\desktop and delete folder\file

I tried that, it didn't work. Windows gave me the error "The system cannot find the file specified"

Most thought that would work, unfortunately it didn't

No luck with that, suggestion.

I had the same problem & got rid of the offending folder by using "System Restore" and restoring back to a date prior to the appearance of dreaded folder.
Please post if this works.
Jharpj

We'll try using the command prompt again. Open an administrative command prompt.

*Go to the directory it is located.
[ cd /d C:\Users\<account name>\Rogue\Desktop]

->wait, isn't your username Rogue? XD

*now type [ dir /x ]. This displays the shortname of files.

*now use rmdir if it's a folder, or del if it's a file to remove it using the short name

[e.g: rmdir /q /s FILEORFOLDER~1 ]

• Folder - Delete from Command Prompt
• File - Delete from Command Prompt

If it doesn't have a short name, try renaming it in to a long one, and do dir /x again.

Re: your post post above and a previous post "I'm going to need something with military force to delete these folders." - the cavalry might be coming.

I "fix" many Windows problems by using Linux, specificly a live Linux disk. You've become frustrated and wasted a lot of time so spend another 20 minutes and burn a CD.

I suggest burning a copy of Puppy Linux or Knoppix Linux (I like Puppy). Boot to the Puppy CD, mount your "C:\" drive (it's easy and obvious) then navigate to the offending directory - delete it. Exit Puppy Linux, remove the CD and boot into Windows.

My best guess is the folder will be gone. If it isn't gone then something else is creating it as part of a process, such as an app that somehow "created" that folder for temp files, etc. - would have to find the offending app.

Regards,
GEWB

was it an installed program?
if it was ,reinstall, move the folder to the recycle bin then uninstall the program then empty bin