can not delete a folder

[Robert J. Lafayette]

XP Sp2, on my desktop have a folder that I can not delete.

I did create said folder a while back and deleted the contents.


It is an empty folder and when I attempt to delete it a warning message says
I can not delete it, says it is being shared and it is being used by another
person or program. But to my knowledge it is not being used by another
person or program.

Please advise,

Robert

 

[Brian A.]

Reboot and once back, delete it. If that fails boot to Safe Mode and delete it.

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Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Robert J. Lafayette]

will try your suggestion,
and report back.


Thanks,
RJL

Reboot and once back, delete it. If that fails boot to Safe Mode and delete
it.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Robert J. Lafayette]

Yes, thanks that did the trick,

Robert




Reboot and once back, delete it. If that fails boot to Safe Mode and delete
it.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Rick Rogers]

Failing that, run task manager by hitting ctrl+shift+escape, and on the
processes tab kill explorer.exe. Go to the applications tab and click "new
task", type cmd and click ok. From the prompt run:

cd %userprofile%\desktop
rd /s /q <directory>

Where <directory> is the name of the folder you want to remove from your
desktop, so for example if the directory is MyGarbage, the command would be:

rd /s /q MyGarbage

This should remove it. If it does not, then it is probably in the All Users
desktop, move to that directory and delete it. Then click new task again and
type explorer.exe and click ok to restart the shell.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

Reboot and once back, delete it. If that fails boot to Safe Mode and delete
it.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Brian A.]

You're welcome. Enjoy and have fun.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Robert J. Lafayette]

thanks for that trick also.

good to know.

Robert