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Cannot delete "file" cannot find the specified file

Asked by azz3879 in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: find, file, specified, delete

So I'm a college student and instead of studying last night for my quiz today I stayed up until 5 am trying to delete a file that is on my desktop that won't go away. Sounds crazy I know but when I'm trying to figure something out I don't stop until the sun comes up or I figure out the answer.

Well the sun came up.

When I attempt to delete the file I get the reply "Cannot delete "file" : cannot find the specified file"

On June 1st another user had the same problem but was able to fix theirs by going into cmd and deleting the file using its short name plus its file extension.

Here's the link to the message on expert-exchange:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20632707.html#8623289

I have also attempted to take ownership of the file but that did not work. I have tried to delete the file in cmd but I've done the problem is, when I look up the file's short name using dir/x the corrupt file short name is listed but it doesn't have an extension. That being the case I can't type the short name cmd to delete it.  

So I was hoping that with my 5 am sob story, someone might actually know how to fix this and be able to help me out.

I've created a screen capture that might allow you to visualize exactly what I am talking about its located here:

http://lennon.csufresno.edu/~jkc26/screencapture.jpg

Thanks for your time and knowledge, it's very appreciated.

Azz3879@hotmail.com
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