Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Unable to Delete File - Could Not Find this Item Error

So apparently Windows has difficulty deleting 0 byte files. If you ever try to delete a folder and get the following error "Could not find this item. This is no longer located in \\. Verify the item's location and try again" check the size.


If the file size is 0 bytes you might need to do the following:


1. Open an elevated command prompt (Right click on Command Prompt > Run As Administrator)


2. Use rmdir /S to delete the entire folder


3. There is probably a way to delete the files individually but I tried a couple and none of them worked.

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3 comments:

  1. moneykler#91April 30, 2012 at 7:50 PM

    thnks alot...it really deltd the files..

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  2. UnknownJuly 17, 2013 at 11:30 AM

    Try " Long Path Tool " useful in situations where you see these error messages: Cannot read from source file or disk, there has been a sharing violation, cannot delete file or folder, the file name you specified is not valid or too long, the source or destination file may be in use and many other file managing errors that you encounter in your computing use.

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  3. UnknownJuly 18, 2013 at 4:47 AM

    Try " Long Path Tool " is also useful in situations where you see these error messages: Cannot read from source file or disk, there has been a sharing violation, cannot delete file or folder, the file name you specified is not valid or too long, the source or destination file may be in use
    and many other file managing errors that you encounter in your computing use.

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