If there is a Windows 7 newsgroup, I cannot find it.

In one of my directories is a file that cannot be deleted. It is zero
bytes big, and when I try to delete it, Windows 7 (Home Premium x64)
tells me that it cannot because it's not found. The error dialog is
titled "Item not found" and the error message is:

Could not find this item
This is no longer located in {name of directory}. Verify the item's
location and try again

This is followed by the name of the file and base properties (type,
size, and date modified). There is no file extension, but there is the
dot-separator that goes between the name and the extension.

If I try to rename it, I get the same error.

I had scheduled and run a full boot-time scandisk, and no errors were
found. My system is kept reasonably defragmented with automatic
defragging when idle, and no viruses or other malware are found by my
security program, Kaspersky Internet Security v9, which keeps itself up
to date.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
Double ROT13 encoded for your protection

"Take my advice and go back to the time you came from. The future
isn't what it used to be." (Amb. G'Kar, B5 "The Long Dark")