I can see the files, but they aren't really there! =\

[shmoes]

Hey

I made a quick copy of a user profile while i was making changes for backup purposes. Now i'm going to delete that profile and there are 2 temp internet files that will not delete. I get this error when I try to delte the folder.


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Error Deleting File or Folder
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Cannot delete HEALTH~1: Cannot find the specified file.

Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.
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OK
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I get this error if I try to look at the properties of the 2 files.

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Desktop
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The properties for this item are not available.
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OK
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and absolutely nothing happens when I right click/delete on the 2 files. everything else in the directory deleted without a problem.

I've run scandisk, i've rebooted, i've defraged and scanned again. I've run antivirus... nothing..

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[shmoes]

hmm, there is no deltree command in win2k.. I'll have to find it from a win98 cd

 

[Davetoo]

Whoops, you're right, my bad. I'll presume an RD will give you a "Directory is not empty" error?

 

[harryrich]

At my location we've had some NTFS "ghost" files that would only go away following a system restart.

 

[shmoes]

Thanks for the thought harryrich, but they're not ghost files... I just don't understand how i could copy them in the first place as they haven't changed! from the profile the were originally stored in

 

[comms]

Can you delete the related profile in the registry?

 

[shmoes]

Well, it's not a real profile, because it was a backup from a different profile i was making changes to. So there should be no registry entries.

 

[orejas]

Have you tried chkdsk or scandisk?

 

[shmoes]

yep, that was the first thing i tried.

:
but thanks.

 

[orejas]

Have you tried to ADD a file with the same name to the folder? maybe that will clear up the problem or give a useful error msg