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Thread ID: 146414	2018-07-27 00:49:00	Can't delete folder	Driftwood (5551)	Press F1

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1452051	2018-07-27 00:49:00	Through trying to relocate one of the game files on my gaming system I now have a folder that I cant delete, rename or move. It's a empty folder. The name on it is the same as the system user name. If I try to do anything with it, I get: "Could not find the item. This is no longer located in ----- verify the items location & try again" It's not on the system drive. It's on a separate drive containing only the Steam Library. It's the same if I try in safe mode. If I boot from a Linux CD I can access the drive & delete it from there. But back in windows it is still there inside a another folder called Trash-999 It's not causing any problems, just annoys me when I see it there.	Driftwood (5551)
1452052	2018-07-27 02:35:00	m.majorgeeks.com Try Unlocker. Generally works a charm for things like this.	wratterus (105)
1452053	2018-07-27 02:42:00	It may be a symbolic link ? or have a file thats a symbolic link inside it. Also , could be something recreating it when win starts , if Lin deletes it & its still there in win. Also do a chkdsk /f from cmd (run as admin)	1101 (13337)
1452054	2018-07-27 02:54:00	I think it was created by using a symbolic link but the unlocker seems to have got rid of it. Thank you wratterus	Driftwood (5551)
1452055	2018-07-27 04:19:00	Folders do weird things. I have Mint, and Windows 7 dual booted on my work computer. I access a common data partition from both systems. If I delete a file with Mint, and then go to Windows the file is still there, but no longer shows in Mint. Also, if I save a file with Mint it does not show in Windows, but if I save it with Windows it will show in Mint. Must be something to do do with permissions. The data partition is NTF, maybe if I formatted it Fat32 it might work? I have had files with = in the name that refuse to delete as well.	mzee (3324)
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