Can't delete folder in XP.

Hi,

I have had one folder where i had a monopoly game on my computer but after i uninstalled the game, the folder stayed. No problem i thought, i will just manually delete it. No luck. I get an error saying "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source file or disk"

Now a few things...

-The folder is empty
-When i try to put something in the folder it just makes a duplicate of the folder with said file in it.
-Deleting from DOS didnt work
-It comes up in a search

I dont know what to do, i guess it doesnt really matter as its taking up no space, but its just there and annoys the hell outta me.

Any ideas?

Did you try removing it from Safe Mode? What are the folder properties? Did you search for the folder name in Registry? It may be created by a registry entry and thus painfully persistant.

Ok folder properties are:

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Type of file: File Folder
Opens With: *blank*
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Location: D:\Games
Size: 0 bytes
Size on disk: 0 bytes
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Created: *blank*
Modified: *blank*
Accessed: *blank*
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Attributes: none ticked

Also i searched the registry for the folder name and it came up with one entry called "000", type "REG_SZ", value "MONOPOLY" (name of offending folder)

So after i backed up the registry i deleted that entry, but then the folder was still there and still wouldnt let me delete.

I havnt tried safe mode yet, will try that soon and let you know how i go.

thanks.

Boot in safe mode and delete it, i get those all the time, did you have an image mounted in alcohol/daemon tools?

No it was just a small game thing off the net, no image.

Safe mode is looking promising then.

If safe mode does not work try to check disk and repair errors if any. Try to delete after.

I've check disked many times since this happened and every time with no errors. When i get off the net will go into safe mode then.

I don't think it's there. Perhaps just a reference or something left.

Try THIS

Basically gets the file system object to try to delete it (scrrun.dll)...

Ok safe mode resulted in the same thing.

wwwww, your prog just said "fuk.... didnt work -permission denied wwwww is kewl anyways"

haha.

i agree with you tho, i dont think it actually exists.

Maybe try Crap Cleaner and see if you can delete some missing/invalid/obsolete Registry values and see if it helps, or some of the other stuff it scans for.

Just make sure you scan under Issues, and backup your registry first.

lololol

I disagree with me, the error my prog gave is Permission Denied, means it does exist but it can't delete it.

I assume you already tried in Safe Mode without success but have you tried Safe Mode with Command Prompt. I had a directory that I could not delete even in Safe Mode but was able to do so with Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

i've done this before and it's worked when i'm in safe mode. open a command prompt and use the cd command to browse to the folder the monopoly folder is in (d:\games). enter this:

dir /x/a to see the SHORT FILE NAMES of the folders and files.
rmdir /s/q [drive:]path to remove the directory
rd /s/q [drive:]path

example, you run "dir /x/a" and get this for the monopoly folder: monopo~1

you would type:
rmdir /s/q d:\games\monopo~1

i hope this helps.

EDIT: also, if nothing else works try this free program called moveonboot: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html

Did you try deleting it with LongPathTool ? It helps me in this kind of situations.

Dude did you see the date on that post ?
2005
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