Reappearing "New Folder" after numerous attempts at deletion

[Guest]

I have this problem in one of my folders. In this folder, there's this "new
folder" that keeps on re-appearing even after I have deleted many times and
emptying it from my Recycle Bin as well. I don't know what I can do about
this. Its not a huge problem but its kinda annoying to keep seeing it
re-appearing after I have deleted it so many times. There is no contents in
this folder, its just empty. I have used many spyware programs and
anti-virus programs to check my laptop, but they found nothing. Please help
and thanks in advance.

 

[Claymore]

Hi,

Have you tried moving the contents of the folder (without the offending
New Folder) to a newly created folder with a different name. Then
delete the original folder, restart, recreate the original folder if
you have to have it by the original name, and then move the contents
back?

 

[Guest]

I have this problem in one of my folders. In this folder, there's this "new
folder" that keeps on re-appearing even after I have deleted many times and
emptying it from my Recycle Bin as well. I don't know what I can do about
this. Its not a huge problem but its kinda annoying to keep seeing it
re-appearing after I have deleted it so many times. There is no contents in
this folder, its just empty. I have used many spyware programs and
anti-virus programs to check my laptop, but they found nothing. Please help
and thanks in advance.

Could there be a hidden system file in the folder? Make sure the option to
show hidden and system files is activated in "folder options\view.

 

[Guest]

Could there be a hidden system file in the folder? Make sure the option to
show hidden and system files is activated in "folder options\view.

yes i have done this but to no avail. no hidden files in this empty folder.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Have you tried moving the contents of the folder (without the offending
New Folder) to a newly created folder with a different name. Then
delete the original folder, restart, recreate the original folder if
you have to have it by the original name, and then move the contents
back?

I tried what you recommended but I just rename the folder name instead of
recreating another folder with the old folder name. So far its working,
let's see how long this will last... thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Hi, I am back. I did "solved" the problem. But when I were to rename the
folder to "My Pictures", the "new folder" will automatically re-appear. So
right now, I do not have a folder by the name of "My Pictures". Instead, I
have called the folder "My Picture" without the "s". However, when I click
on the shortcut to "my Pictures", it will naturally create a My Pictures
folder with the "new folder" inside that folder. Very weird. Do you thing
this can be solved? Anyone? Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Hi. I have this exact same problem. The "New Folder" is absolutely empty
without any hidden files. I scan my computer for viruses and malware very
very frequently. And also, I could not try what Blue did, which was to rename
the parent folder, because this "New Folder" keeps re-appearing on my
desktop..! If I remember correctly, the problem started when, once, I
downloaded photos from my camera to a newly created "New Folder" on Desktop.
I used one of the downloaded photo as my MSN display picture, and after that
I moved the photos elsewhere and deleted the "New Folder". From then onwards,
the "New Folder" will keep re-appearing even after I deleted it many times.
Exact same problem as Blue. I have tried deleting the "New Folder" in Safe
Mode too, but it didn't work. I have also tried removing the photo from the
list of display pictures in MSN, and then re-adding the photos from their
current location, but the problem persists. Like Blue said, it is really an
annoying rather than a big problem. Any help or advice is greatly
appreciated! Thank you in advance!

 

[Elmo]

Hi. I have this exact same problem. The "New Folder" is absolutely empty
without any hidden files. I scan my computer for viruses and malware very
very frequently. And also, I could not try what Blue did, which was to rename
the parent folder, because this "New Folder" keeps re-appearing on my
desktop..! If I remember correctly, the problem started when, once, I
downloaded photos from my camera to a newly created "New Folder" on Desktop.
I used one of the downloaded photo as my MSN display picture, and after that
I moved the photos elsewhere and deleted the "New Folder". From then onwards,
the "New Folder" will keep re-appearing even after I deleted it many times.
Exact same problem as Blue. I have tried deleting the "New Folder" in Safe
Mode too, but it didn't work. I have also tried removing the photo from the
list of display pictures in MSN, and then re-adding the photos from their
current location, but the problem persists. Like Blue said, it is really an
annoying rather than a big problem. Any help or advice is greatly
appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Just a shot-in-the-dark.. Change the location of the MSN picture to
another folder, then try the delete. If MSN doesn't proptect it, it
might "stay gone".

 

[Elmo]

Just a shot-in-the-dark.. Change the location of the MSN picture to
another folder, then try the delete. If MSN doesn't proptect it, it
might "stay gone".

I meant to change the MSN display picture to a picture located in
another folder. This might free up the Desktop folder since it will no
longer be referenced by the MSN program.

 

[Guest]

Hi Elmo, thanks alot for your reply and help.

I can't remember exactly which was the photo I was referring to, but I'm
positive I'm no longer using the same photo as Display Picture because this
problem was from around a year ago. Anyway, I had also tried to remove all
the possible photos in the MSN list of Display Pictures, and re-added them
from their latest locations. Is this what you were suggesting? It didn't
work.. But still, thanks alot!