Why does XP have so many probs with undeletable files/folders?

[johnf]

For many months I've accumulated various undeletable file and/or folders,
but although I've read various 'solutions' for individual queries, have
never had any success - or seen anyone give a legit reason as to why they
can't be deleted
Example -
For 12 mths, I've had a folder 'OVELAN6J' containing a 0KB file 'search[1].'
(no idea where it came from in the first place)
If I try & delete the file in any mode, I get "Cannot read file. Cannot read
from the source file or disk"
If I try to delete the folder, the message is "Cannot delete search[1].
cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and
file name"

One odd thing is that I can move the folder to a different location without
any problem. What actually is 'delete' looking for?
The other odd thing is the construction of the file name. I've never come
across one with a name ending with a "." or "[1]."
Any ideas? I've tried Kelly's fix, but with no success to date.

 

[Guest]

Try typing the name of file in search(my computer),in results,r.click on it,
properties,then see details for it.If its not deleteable,try locating it in
the
registry,r.click,delete,close regedit,locate the file(s),move to a new
folder,
then try deleting.Assuming these are unwanted files.

 

[johnf]

Been there, done that - to no avail

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johnf

Try typing the name of file in search(my computer),in results,r.click
on it, properties,then see details for it.If its not deleteable,try
locating it in the
registry,r.click,delete,close regedit,locate the file(s),move to a new
folder,
then try deleting.Assuming these are unwanted files.

For many months I've accumulated various undeletable file and/or
folders, but although I've read various 'solutions' for individual
queries, have never had any success - or seen anyone give a legit
reason as to why they can't be deleted
Example -
For 12 mths, I've had a folder 'OVELAN6J' containing a 0KB file
'search[1].' (no idea where it came from in the first place)
If I try & delete the file in any mode, I get "Cannot read file.
Cannot read from the source file or disk"
If I try to delete the folder, the message is "Cannot delete search[1].
cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path
and file name"

One odd thing is that I can move the folder to a different location
without any problem. What actually is 'delete' looking for?
The other odd thing is the construction of the file name. I've never
come across one with a name ending with a "." or "[1]."
Any ideas? I've tried Kelly's fix, but with no success to date.