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Weird file I can't delete on my desktop - Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.
Asked by ajmco in MS DOS
Tags: cant delete file
There is a file on my desktop that I cannot delete, named del "CA6FKTS5." (no quotes)
It is greyed out and anytime I try to move it or delete it I get the error:
Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.
or
Cannot move file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.
I have tried this in a command prompt:
del "\\.\C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Des
del "\\?\C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Des
Both generate the DOS error:
Could not find \\.\C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Des
I've tried Chkdsk /f (that didn't clean it out)
I've tried a program that's supposed to delete files on boot.
I've tried in Command Prompt: dir /x
It doesn't even show in the list.
I've tried this one too:
Created a new file on the desktop named "CA6FKTS5."
Windows won't let me name it that, so it actually gets named to: "CA6FKTS5"
Then I try to delete both, that doesn't do anything either.
The file name is obviously invalid, but I have been able to employ any of the previously discussed methods for escaping those invalid chars and calling del at the command prompt. It looks like lots of other people have success with that, so I'd just stumped...
I've added a pic of my desktop just so you don't think I'm screwing with you :)
I'm on Windows XP SP3
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