Cannot delete empty folders

G

Guest

I have two empty folders (0 bytes) which I cannot delete. I keep getting the
message "Cannot delete file (folder): Cannot read from the source file or
disc." I have tried using command prompt with DOS command "rd" but with the
same result. I know they are not occupying disc space but would still like to
get rid of them. Can anyone help please. Many Thanks.
 
C

Cymbal Man Freq.

| I have two empty folders (0 bytes) which I cannot delete. I keep getting the
| message "Cannot delete file (folder): Cannot read from the source file or
| disc." I have tried using command prompt with DOS command "rd" but with the
| same result. I know they are not occupying disc space but would still like to
| get rid of them. Can anyone help please. Many Thanks.
| --
| Bob Deb

Figureheads don't die, they just take up empty space!
 
G

Guest

i understand where he's coming from, you may just not want and empty folder
there, well, try and delete anything in the folder, also try and then disable
eny delete prohibiting optios and then restart and see if it deletes,
otherwise google it
 
A

Ayush

Can you try deleting the folder from a boot disk like Recovery Console.
That will figure out all possibilities of the folder being used that tme.]

Try "delete fxp files" program after that.
http://www.jrtwine.com/Products/DelFXPFiles/
--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org

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:I have two empty folders (0 bytes) which I cannot delete. I keep getting
the
: message "Cannot delete file (folder): Cannot read from the source file or
: disc." I have tried using command prompt with DOS command "rd" but with
the
: same result. I know they are not occupying disc space but would still
like to
: get rid of them. Can anyone help please. Many Thanks.
: --
: Bob Deb
 
M

MAP

Bob said:
I have two empty folders (0 bytes) which I cannot delete. I keep
getting the message "Cannot delete file (folder): Cannot read from
the source file or disc." I have tried using command prompt with DOS
command "rd" but with the same result. I know they are not occupying
disc space but would still like to get rid of them. Can anyone help
please. Many Thanks.

Once I had a folder that just wouldn't delete,finally I just renamed it and
it deleted right away.
 
G

Guest

They've gone! Murphy's "unlocker" did the trick. Even though they weren't
actually locked it was still able to delete them for me. I will certainly
hang on to this application! Many thanks to all who answered my query.
 
M

Murphy

You are welcome! I love the program as well. Take care =)

Bob Deb said:
They've gone! Murphy's "unlocker" did the trick. Even though they weren't
actually locked it was still able to delete them for me. I will certainly
hang on to this application! Many thanks to all who answered my query.
 

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