Suzy Free;3464666 Wrote:
Hi there,

Can anyone help me?? I have an empty folder on my desktop that I
cannot
delete. I get this message when I try and delete it....

Could not find this item.
This is no longer located in C:\Users\Marianne\Desktop. Verify the
item's
location and try again.

Its driving me crazy so any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!

I had exactly the same problem. I figured it must have something to do
with my registry file so I downloaded Registry Doctor, reapired registry
problems and was able to detlete the old user folder without any
problems.

Hope this helps, good luck!


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Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and choosing refresh?
Gandalff


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Suzy Free;3464666 Wrote:
Hi there,

Can anyone help me?? I have an empty folder on my desktop that I
cannot
delete. I get this message when I try and delete it....

Could not find this item.
This is no longer located in C:\Users\Marianne\Desktop. Verify the
item's
location and try again.

Its driving me crazy so any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!

I had exactly the same problem. I figured it must have something to do
with my registry file so I downloaded Registry Doctor, reapired registry
problems and was able to detlete the old user folder without any
problems.

Hope this helps, good luck!


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I just fix a problem just like yours.

Right click on the folder and then select "Cut." THEN you can right
click on the desktop background and hit refresh. I had my icon Cut and
I noticed the icon image faded away, then I read people's replies on
here and clicked refresh. Worked like a charm.


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I had a file on my desktop that did not want to delete, and the "cut
and refresh" method did not work for me in Windows Vista.
The correct way to do it is to delete the file from the Command Prompt
with administrator privileges.

To do this, find Command Prompt in your Start menu by typing 'Command'
in the search box, then right-click it and select Run as
Administrator.
Then type 'cd %userprofile%\desktop' and press enter, that should take
you to your desktop folder. (If the file is located in another folder
you will have to navigate there yourself, this is not a treatise on
using the Command Prompt)
Type 'dir' to view the contents of the directory, which for this
example would be your Desktop folder.
Then type 'del filename.xyz' where xyz is the file's extension.

e.g. the offending file is called wontdelete.zip
You would type 'del wontdelete.zip' and press enter.

If there are spaces anywhere in the filename you will have to put it
in quotation marks.
e.g. del "w o n t d e l e t e.zip"

Sometimes the filename or folder is so complicated it might still say
'file could not be found'
Try searching for an shorter name using the dir command and * as a
wildcard

e.g. The filename or folder contains the word 'zip' in it, you would
enter 'dir *zip*'
As long as you get only the desired file or folder, you can now safely
enter 'del *zip*'
If you enter it when there are i.e. 4 entries then it would delete all
4.
It shouldn't take long to experiment with the dir command and
wildcards to narrow your search down.

Hope this helps.

On Dec 1, 5:22*pm, whatsup1 wrote:
I just fix a problem just like yours. *

Right click on the folder and then select "Cut." *THEN you can right
click on the desktop background and hit refresh. *I had my icon Cut and
I noticed the icon image faded away, then I read people's replies on
here and clicked refresh. *Worked like a charm.

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On Dec 9, 9:15*am, wrote:
I had a file on my desktop that did not want to delete, and the "cut
and refresh" method did not work for me in Windows Vista.
The correct way to do it is to delete the file from the Command Prompt
with administrator privileges.

To do this, find Command Prompt in your Start menu by typing 'Command'
in the search box, then right-click it and select Run as
Administrator.
Then type 'cd %userprofile%\desktop' and press enter, that should take
you to your desktop folder. (If the file is located in another folder
you will have to navigate there yourself, this is not a treatise on
using the Command Prompt)
Type 'dir' to view the contents of the directory, which for this
example would be your Desktop folder.
Then type 'del filename.xyz' where xyz is the file's extension.

e.g. the offending file is called wontdelete.zip
You would type 'del wontdelete.zip' and press enter.

If there are spaces anywhere in the filename you will have to put it
in quotation marks.
e.g. del "w o n t d e l e t e.zip"

Sometimes the filename or folder is so complicated it might still say
'file could not be found'
Try searching for an shorter name using the dir command and * as a
wildcard

e.g. The filename or folder contains the word 'zip' in it, you would
enter 'dir *zip*'
As long as you get only the desired file or folder, you can now safely
enter 'del *zip*'
If you enter it when there are i.e. 4 entries then it would delete all
4.
It shouldn't take long to experiment with the dir command and
wildcards to narrow your search down.

Hope this helps.

On Dec 1, 5:22*pm, whatsup1 wrote:

I just fix a problem just like yours. *

Right click on the folder and then select "Cut." *THEN you can right
click on the desktop background and hit refresh. *I had my icon Cut and
I noticed the icon image faded away, then I read people's replies on
here and clicked refresh. *Worked like a charm.

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This worked for me. Even if the folder is located somewhere else....
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.

Help! I have the same problem I have a file on my desktop that is 0
bytes and will not delete. Keep getting "could not find this item". So I
tried the command prompt solution provided above. I ran it as an
administrator, viewed the contents of the directory (and it was there),
but when I tried to delete it - "Could Not Find C:..."
The file I'm trying to delete is a download gone bad - it has no
extension and the name is pretty long. Does that make a difference in
"how" I should delete it?

Help!! It is driving me n-u-t-s


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Even i am unable to delete the folder ! tried all the measures posted on
the thread so far ! all of them !


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ameya_ahr,

Give this a shot. Right-click on your desktop, select 'New Folder'. Name
the folder exactly the same as the problem folder. When asked, select 'Copy
& Replace'. You should now be able to delete the new folder.

Drew

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Even i am unable to delete the folder ! tried all the measures posted on
the thread so far ! all of them !


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Nop .. this one failed as well ! I could very easily create a new folder
with the same name ! And when i tried to delete both folders, the new
folder got deleted and the problem child still standing tall !


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ameya_ahr,

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.

Drew


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Nop .. this one failed as well ! I could very easily create a new folder
with the same name ! And when i tried to delete both folders, the new
folder got deleted and the problem child still standing tall !


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