Windows 10: One drive ghost folder

I have this one onedrive folder from an old institutional account which i removed from my computer and it doesn't want to go away. I even uninstalled one drive but the folder is still in the explorer and when i click on it it just gives me an error saying it's not available. If it's not available the why won't it go away? What can I do?

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One-drive syncing error message for file that no longer exists/ Ghost folder in docs

I have been having problems syncing files in One Drive. And trying to fix that created ghost folders that can be seen but don't exist.

When I got to settings --> backup --> manage backup for OneDrive, I get the following error message :

2004-SIT'N SPIN" in Documents has a name not allowed in One Drive. To continue, rename or remove this file.

This error message will not go away. I have done all of the following (with various reboots in between steps

1. There were two folders and two files with the same name, an mp4, an and a PREL (Adobe Premiere Elements Project File). I renamed all files "Sit-n-Spin".
2. I renamed them again with different names using letters only.
3. I deleted both files and the folders.
4. I searched One Drive via the Internet Explorer to make sure that the files no longer existed anywhere. Found nothing.
5. I searched my entire hard drive and found 2 folders on the hard drive, still with the Sit'n Spin name. I tried deleting them again but get an "item not found" message even though they are both showing up in
   
   Documents\Adobe\Premiere Elements\16.0\Adobe Premiere Elements Captured Audio
   
   and ... 16.0\Adobe Premiere Elements Captured Video
6. I moved everything out of the ..Adobe Premiere Elements Captured Video folder (except Sit'N Spin) then deleted the Captured Video folder
   
   ... Adobe Premiere Elements Captured Audio had no files so I deleted that too
7. Could still see the folders so I tried to delete again. Got a "file not found" error message
   
8. Moved everything but the adobe stuff out of Documents into a new folder. Tried again to delete.
9. Stopped documents from syncing.

I still get the "name not allowed message" and the folders are still ghost folders that "can't be found" but are visible.

Any thoughts about what I can do that doesn't require a reinstall of Windows?

 

How to remove ghost system folder

Thank you for pointing me to another forum. I tried all the suggestions listed on the page your link took me to, but none of them worked for me. I have posted what I did which resulted in the ghost folder, so hopefully someone will come up with a solution
for me. I'll let you know. Thanks again for taking the time to post the link.

 

Sniper Ghost Warrior

Hi Gary,

Sorry for the delay in response.

• What is the make and model of the computer?
• Do you face the issue only with Sniper Ghost Warrior?

We would suggest you to update the graphics drivers and check.