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Recently I faced the same problem and I was wondering if you are still unable to delete the folder. I finally succeeded in deleting the folders by opening a command prompt, then used the dir /x command to get the 8.3 name of the directory and then used the rd command with the 8.3 name of the undeletable folder and it vanished! -- Regards, Erik MCSE 2000/2003 "Tim" wrote: Sorry, yes I checked... the folder I can't get rid of is NOT the rip to folder in media player... "dean-dean" wrote in message ... In Windows Media Player Tools Options, on the Rip Music tab, is that folder the location given for "Rip music to this location"? If so, can you change the location? "Tim" wrote in message news Thanks... yes and the command line comes back with the error: "invalid or cannot find"... it's like it's not there... except that it is sighs "R. C. White" wrote in message ... Hi, Tim. Thanks but no joy... the command line option just fails You DID run the Command Prompt *as Administrator*, didn't you? See Brink's instruction 3 on that page. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64) "Tim" wrote in message ... Thanks but no joy... the command line option just fails and through explorer, the security tab on the properties dialog says with a nice red X: "The requested security information is either unavailable or can't be displayed." "brink" wrote in message ... Tim;453440 Wrote: I'm trying to delete a folder that contained a wmv file... I deleted the file and the folder's empty but when I try to remove the folder I get the following error: "Could not find this item... This is no longer located in C:\users.... Verify the item's location and try again." The folder shows up in search and of course it appears where it was originally placed... I did a reboot and chkdsk... Any way to get rid of the folder ?? Thanks, Hi Tim, You can try to take ownership of the folder first, then try to delete it. This tutorial will show you how. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html Shawn -- brink |
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Erik Nettekoven;481287 Wrote: Hi, Recently I faced the same problem and I was wondering if you are still unable to delete the folder. I finally succeeded in deleting the folders by opening a command prompt, then used the dir /x command to get the 8.3 name of the directory and then used the rd command with the 8.3 name of the undeletable folder and it vanished! -- Regards, Erik MCSE 2000/2003 THANK YOU! I had to join so I can say thank you. This drove me nuts for about 1 hour until I stumbled upon this answer... worked like a charm! Cheers Manny -- gonzalu |
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brink;3168173 Wrote: Have you checked into Dean Dean's idea? Recently I faced the same problem and I was wondering if you are still unable to delete the folder. I finally succeeded in deleting the folders by opening a command prompt, then used the dir /x command to get the 8.3 name of the directory and then used the rd command with the 8.3 name of the undeletable folder and it vanished! I also signed up so I can say thanks. I spent an hour searching for the solution to this problem and your dir /x method worked!!! Thank you!! -- manuel_oh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ manuel_oh's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/114815.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...ent/818970.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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This Worked For Me! 1) Open up Command Prompt (CMD) 2)type in cd then the location of the file (in my case c:\users\james\desktop) 3)type in dir /x 4)Next to the file you want to delete it will say the files 8.3 name (ex. FILENA~1) 5)type del then the files 8.3 name (ex. FILENA~1) HOPE THIS HELPS... (it did for me... it removed all the hate from me and my computers love hate relationship) -- Jamesinator5 |
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Jamesinator5;4596487 Wrote: This Worked For Me! 1) Open up Command Prompt (CMD) 2)type in cd then the location of the file (in my case c:\users\james\desktop) 3)type in dir /x 4)Next to the file you want to delete it will say the files 8.3 name (ex. FILENA~1) 5)type del then the files 8.3 name (ex. FILENA~1) HOPE THIS HELPS... (it did for me... it removed all the hate from me and my computers love hate relationship) this worked for me too, thanks mate, i'm so happy right now -- wildboyswildboys ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wildboyswildboys's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/158757.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...ent/818970.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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brink;3168173 Wrote: Have you checked into Dean Dean's idea? Recently I faced the same problem and I was wondering if you are still unable to delete the folder. I finally succeeded in deleting the folders by opening a command prompt, then used the dir /x command to get the 8.3 name of the directory and then used the rd command with the 8.3 name of the undeletable folder and it vanished! Hi! Thx a lot for this simple solution! It worked! I couldn't believe that after I installed several utilities, the solution was using the old DOS command. Thx a lot again! -- gluteus.maximus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gluteus.maximus's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/186247.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...ent/818970.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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