Cannot delete file. Says "Item Not Found Could not find this item Verify this item's location and try again."

Anonymous
2010-01-01T14:35:26+00:00

Cannot delete file.  Says "Item Not Found Could not find this item Verify this item's location and try again."

I had this file sent to me from my friend - it's a word document I had on their computer.  So I tried using Disk Cleanup to delete temporary files, temp internet files, and downloaded program files.  Doesn't work.

When I check properties, there is no security tab, so I can't transfer ownership that way.

I also don't want to experiment using the Command Prompt way of transferring ownership since the file's name is several sentences long.  I can't rename it either, of course.

Windows 7, a week in and I've already got a stupid glitch which has already wasted an hour of my time.

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Anonymous
2011-01-25T20:37:12+00:00

What i did was create a notepad file that was blank and saved it at the same location as the file that wont go away.  once saved.  I right click the new file and rename it to the exact name as the problem file.  Be sure to change the file extension (ex: .doc)

ex problem file: word.doc

new file: word.doc

as long as they match eachother exactly you should see the problem file disappear and once thats gone you can delete the new file created.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-21T04:08:55+00:00

    The easiest way is to install winrar and then select compress and delete the files. Somehow winrar will be able to delete the files then you just delete the new rar file created.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-18T01:33:32+00:00

    open CMD,

    if your file in admin folder, run CMD as Admin

    and type this in CMD

     cd /d <path>

     dir /x

       example :

    cd /d C:/Programfiles/

    dir /x

    and you wil see

    and type this

     rmdir /q /s <rectangle marked>  

    (white streak is a filename)

    Example  : 

    rmdir /q /s  STARTP~1.LNK

    and your file  has been deleted

    btw sorry for my bad grammar

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-06-18T08:54:34+00:00

    thanks janjan sison that delinv thing worked out real thanks to u buddy :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-11-14T01:42:21+00:00

    Hello,

    After I tried many solutions I found a way by myself and it worked. I did right click on the folder ( mine was a folder) which can not be deleted and clicked proporties the copied the folder name itself then created a folder with this name on the same directory (mine was desktop) then the ex folder and new folder gave me permission to delete them.

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