The directory is not empty

[Bob]

Hi,

I have a few folders on my drive and whenever I try to
delete them I get the message that "Cannot delete <folder
name>: The directory is not empty". If I do delete the
files and subfolders and send them to the recycle bin then
I can't delete these folders and files from the recycle
bin and get the same "The directory is not empty" message;
and I still cannot delete the main parent folder from the
drive.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? Any help is
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Bob.

MAYBE this will work. It often does.

Open a "DOS" window. Navigate to the parent of the undeletable folder. Use
the Remove Directory command with the /s switch to delete that folder and
all the subfolders and files within it.
Type: rd <foldername> /s

If that doesn't work, tell us exactly what you did and what results you saw.

RC

 

[Bob]

Hi,

That didn't work either. Here are the results:-

C:\>rd /s 24d3b8a5se
24d3b8a5se, Are you sure (Y/N)? Y
24d3b8a5se\8d6f9423\assembly\dl2\6ef834e6\0043BC~1 - The
directory is not empty.

24d3b8a5se\8d6f9423\assembly\tmp\1BIPW3AH - The directory
is not empty.
24d3b8a5se\8d6f9423\assembly\tmp\CLSZ6DKR - The directory
is not empty.
24d3b8a5se\8d6f9423\assembly\tmp\X8FMT07E - The directory
is not empty.

I can rename the folders; just can't delete them which is
what I need to do.

Thanks for the help,
Bob