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

Thanks. Clicking "cut" and refreshing worked perfectly for me!


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Worked great, thanks alot for the info...

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> ameya_ahr,
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> Mmm, now why didn't it get replaced? Go figure. I suppose you can't
> drag the
> problem folder into the new folder and then delete the new folder. Or
> better
> yet, rename the problem folder and then try to delete. I know I was
> able to
> delete it with a similar solution. Keep trying, you'll get it.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->


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I hate to say this .. but I have tried everyyyy thing mentioned on this
forum but alas .. the folder is still there ! please please please help
!!


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You don't state what your problem is so it is difficult to assist you.

You can't expect people to routinely go back and search for what YOU are
referring to.

State again your problem - clearly and concisely!

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> I hate to say this .. but I have tried everyyyy thing mentioned on this
> forum but alas .. the folder is still there ! please please please help
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Wow.. Okay.. assuming the thread had a topic and i had posted twice not
too long ago, i thought i'll keep it short.
Anyway, my bad.

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?


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Many times you can cure this by running chkdsk C: /f from an elevated
command prompt window.

You will be told that you can not run this now - do you want it to run
during the next boot up. Type Y and press the enter key.

Reboot.

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> Wow.. Okay.. assuming the thread had a topic and i had posted twice not
> too long ago, i thought i'll keep it short.
> Anyway, my bad.
>
> 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?
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ameya_ahr wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Wow.. Okay.. assuming the thread had a topic and i had posted twice not
> too long ago, i thought i'll keep it short.
> Anyway, my bad.
>
> 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?
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Right click on the desktop and choose refresh.

 

@Hobo,
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.


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Hi
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 hope it will work for you.

Cheers
Rajiv


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Solution for Vista's "Item not found" error when deleting or renaming
files/folders

When you try to delete or rename a file/folder, you may receive a
window that says:
"Item not found. Could not find this item. This is no longer located
in [folder]. Verify the item's location and try again."

To solve, follow these steps:
1. Open up a command prompt (run cmd.exe from the Start Menu).
2. Navigate to the folder that the object resides in.
3. Run "dir /a /x /p" to display the contents of the folder, including
hidden files (/a) and 8.3 filenames (/x).
4. Find the 8.3 filename of the object to the left of the regular,
long filename.
5. Run "ren <8.3 name>" to rename the object, "del <8.3 name>" to
delete it if it's a file and "rd /s <8.3 name>" to delete it if it's a
folder.
Note: If renaming to a long filename, make sure to enclose the long
filename in quotations. If that fails, temporarily rename it to an 8.3
name and then rename it to what you want outside of the command
prompt.

 

thanks speedhawk, your solution worked for me


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