Files stuck

[qmr55]

I've got 3 files stuck on my desktop, two jpegs and a flexi file.

They've been there for about 6 months and every time I try to delete them I get this error and they are still there!

I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of them, even tried logging into my second OS (linux) and couldn't delete it through that either.
Any idea why they won't go away?

Thanks!

 

[SightLine]

Zero byte file.... I've run into this before.

Probably will have to delete the file using its short name. To discover the short name, open a command line window, navigate to your desktop folder, and type DIR /X. This will show you two names for the zero byte file--the normal one and a "short name" that consists of the first 6 letters of the file name, a tilde (~), and a number. Now use DEL with the short name.

 

[qmr55]

I tried that, gives me the same message in the command prompt.

"The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."

 

[Terremoto]

Try renaming it then deleting it.

 

[qmr55]

You can't rename it, get the same error when trying to rename

 

[J Hill Designs]

overwrite with another file same name?

 

[qmr55]

overwrite with another file same name?

Good thought, hadn't tried that yet. Still no go though

Thank you all, we'll get it eventually lol

 

[J Hill Designs]

safe mode?

 

[qmr55]

Yup that was my first thought, didn't work either!

 

[signage]

Try moving the file to a new folder then deleting.

 

[Techman]

file folder unlocker..

 

[J Hill Designs]

i see mention online of a deleteFXP program that should work

 

[qmr55]

Try moving the file to a new folder then deleting.

Nope, can't even move the files.

file folder unlocker..

No good, tried that already as well.

i see mention online of a deleteFXP program that should work

Thank you, I will try and find it!

 

[CS-SignSupply]

delete from the Command Prompt?

 

[qmr55]

delete from the Command Prompt?

Nope gives same error (see above)

Tried deleteFXP and got basically the same error:

"Failed to Delete "sers\Sammy\Desktop\Dynamic Concrete Cutting & C...": 3 (The system cannot find the path specified.) "

 

[J Hill Designs]

killbox?

 

[qmr55]

killbox?

What's killbox?

 

[J Hill Designs]

something else to google...

 

[qmr55]

Trying now...

 

[qmr55]

Nope, no good....says it is not a valid win 32 program when I try to run killbox.exe