Undeletable folder in XP ntfs

[christianl]

The system says can't find file, but the folder seems to be there. It is empty, not hidden, write protected or something like that. Think that the drive uses compressed mode. Any Ideas?

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Athlon Tbird 1ghz, ECS K7VZA mobo, 396 sdram, Hercules Game Theatre XP and Asus 8200 T2(G3 TI200)

[glussier]

Have you tried removing the folder from a command prompt with the rd command?

An example:

rd /s foldername

[This message has been edited by glussier (edited 04-24-2002).]

[christianl]

Yes, dind't use the "s" switch though.
The result I got was "can't find file".

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Athlon Tbird 1ghz, ECS K7VZA mobo, 396 sdram, Hercules Game Theatre XP and Asus 8200 T2(G3 TI200)

[glussier]

Try with the /s option then. If it doesn't work, can you show us a print screen of that file/folder?

[IwishIcouldprogramandhack]

Had that problem with a few files on windows xp. It always happened when I cut/pasted them out of the original directory. Got weird errors.

Solution:

Format / reinstall software and next time don't cut and paste those files from their directory.

pwned.

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[christianl]

/s didn't work, any third party software out there that can take care of the problem?

[downtime]

Do a dir /x at a command prompt to get the real name of the folder. Then use the rd command to remove the folder.

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[christianl]

Thank You, finally rid of the folder. The dir /x cammand gave me the real filename and I was finally able to delete the folder.

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Athlon Tbird 1ghz, ECS K7VZA mobo, 396 sdram, Hercules Game Theatre XP and Asus 8200 T2(G3 TI200)