I can't delete a folder on the desktop because "the folder doesn't exist"

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  probably an indexing problem
  click on start - type in index in search field - click on advanced button - then click rebuild button. Now when its complete see if it will delete.

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  2010年2月1日 12:43
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  didn't help either :-(

  
  

  
  

  2010年2月1日 13:22
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  only if you know whats is in the foler and making sure that you don't need whats in it. check hidden folders and files see if any hidden display.
  i would take the ownership of the folder and delete it.
  
  you can use these command to take permission and delete folder
  make sure you are loggin in as administrator or run the cmd as administrator
  
  icacls file_location (eg. c:\new folder) /grant administrators:F
  if exist file_location del file_location /s /q
  if exist file_location RD file_location /s /q
  
  give it a try and cross your fingers :)

  • 已标记为答案 Arthur Xie 2010年3月8日 2:41
  • 取消答案标记 Montago 2010年3月8日 8:42
  • 已建议为答案 Leggie 2018年9月25日 17:02

  2010年2月1日 15:14
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  Solution:

  
  

  open Command Prompt (CMD) via RUN

  
  

  then use DIR /X to show the non-8dot3 file names...

  
  

  the folders name is then something like Folder~1 

  
  

  then either rename or delete the folder using dos commands and the short 8letter name.

  • 已标记为答案 Montago 2010年3月8日 8:48

  2010年3月8日 8:48
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  OFM Computer World

   OFM Computer World just did one in Windows 7 laptop by just booting the Toshiba Laptop to "SAFE MODE" .

  Within safe mode, you can delete all the  folders or files you want.

  But if it is application installed on your computer, make sure you uninstall in Normal windows first and then delete the remain files and the folder in safe mode.

  Enjoy your Computer again!

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  2013年9月11日 14:10
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  I've had this problem, i.e. a folder which wouldn't drag into the bin and didn't submit to any of the freebie unlocker progs which are available. Eventually, I discovered that XYplorer can actually access the folder used by the Recycle bin (I daresay there are other things which will do the same). When I tried dragging the offending folder into this and emptied the bin, the problem miraculously disappeared. No idea why this works, though!
  

  2017年1月23日 19:25
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  XYplorer is a dream program. Installed the trial version and it readily deleted both folders that Windows (server 2012 R2) said did not exist, and which couldn't be acted upon by other free programs.

  I then needed to delete a couple of other folders that contained sub-folders on the same server. I needed to drill down with XYplorer and delete the contained files and sub-folders first (I suspect that one or more of these sub-folders was contributing to the original issue) and then could delete the top folder, also with XYplorer.

  These folders and files did NOT show as open at all under Windows Computer Management.

  FYI the icacls command line fix didn't work in this case, but thanks for that info!!

  
  
  

  • 已编辑 PJBeee 2018年7月25日 17:15

  2018年7月25日 17:01
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  It worked for me. Thank you. All other ereasing programs were unable to erease the file and it’s numerous folders. Great information.

  2018年12月28日 19:05
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  We spent 6 hours on this trying to delete 1 stupid little folder, this solved it

  2020年7月18日 3:49