Cannot delete a folder

[Jordan]

I have a folder on the hard drive that I cannot delete. The folder is about
7-10 folders deep in the tree and I know that a part of this tree got hosed
one time and Chkdsk renamed a lot of the lost files and folders.

I can navigate all the way down this structure until I hit what I believe is
the last folder and I get an error telling me "The folder name is invalid -
Access denied." The folder name looks OK (ddraw.hi) however it does have a
strange mini icon on top of the folder. The in the lower corner of the
folder icon ther is another smaller icon that is a black square with a white
circle in the middle with a partial line in the middle of that. It almost
resembles a clock.

I have tried to reset the security and also take ownership of the folder and
I have still not been able to access it to delete it or change the security.

 

[John John]

Try here:

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

John

 

[Dave Patrick]

Great article John. Thanks for sharing.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Try here:
|
| You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081
|
| John
|
| Jordan wrote:
|
| > I have a folder on the hard drive that I cannot delete. The folder is
about
| > 7-10 folders deep in the tree and I know that a part of this tree got
hosed
| > one time and Chkdsk renamed a lot of the lost files and folders.
| >
| > I can navigate all the way down this structure until I hit what I
believe is
| > the last folder and I get an error telling me "The folder name is
invalid -
| > Access denied." The folder name looks OK (ddraw.hi) however it does
have a
| > strange mini icon on top of the folder. The in the lower corner of the
| > folder icon ther is another smaller icon that is a black square with a
white
| > circle in the middle with a partial line in the middle of that. It
almost
| > resembles a clock.
| >
| > I have tried to reset the security and also take ownership of the folder
and
| > I have still not been able to access it to delete it or change the
security.
| >
| >
|