"Could not find this item" again

DecHex;745265 Wrote:
> Do you have any shortcuts pointing to the target file location?

None. I actually cut the files and pasted them somewhere else, they
disappeared after the C&P, and reappeared as the current 0 kb-files
after an explorer crash.

DecHex;745265 Wrote:
> There's a handy program called ccleaner which gets recommended around
> here
> quite often.
> Again, backup the registry before any attempts to modify the config.
> Download here http://www.ccleaner.com

Tried cleaning the registry and reset, no help

DecHex;745265 Wrote:
> Do you fancy going back to a previous restore point as a last resort?

If that indicates losing data, I'd really prefer not to. There have got
to be other choices, I can't believe that nobody has an idea about what
this might be.

I've been thinking about looking into the indexing or the registry, but
I just don't know where to start.


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Vman

Thanks to some more Google-searching and ThePrutser on techguy.org, I
followed his instructions and it worked.

* goto "Start", "Run" (if you don't see run press the Windows Key + R)
* Type in "cmd" en press "ok". a command prompt will open.
* Goto the drive where the undeletable folder resides for example D:
* So you will have type in D: <enter>
goto the folder where the problem folder is located, in my case it was
located in
D:\_cache\delete\
the folder i could not delete was called "happy tree friends"
(d:\_cache\delete\happy tree friend) so i typed:
D:<enter>
cd _cache<enter>
cd delete<enter> (As you can see I don't open the problem folder
itself)
* type: dir /x<enter>. A directory listing will appear containing the
8.3 names of the folders and files, in my case it showed: happyt~1
* then type: rd happyt~1<enter> (replace happyt~1 with the folder name
you see)
The folder will be deleted.

I used "del" instead of "rd" for single files and it worked! Thanks for
the help, ThePrutser and DecHex :)


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Vman