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Unable to delete files!!

Afromancer
By Afromancer
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For a while now I've had two file folders that are impossible to delete! I know there are minor cases where people just reboot and they're gone, but this is much harder...

 

Here is everything I have tried:

- Right click and delete

- Highlight and delete

- Insert another file then delete

- Command prompt (del ___)

- Delinvfile Program

 

If anyone has another option, it would help me greatly. Every time I see the desktop I always want to delete those two extra folders!

 

Thanks guys!

- Ethan :)

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you can try a few things.

create a new folder with the exact same name, reboot then delete.

or

in cmd prompt, use the rmdir command instead of the del command, this removes the directory, instead of trying to delete it.

both options should work

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