Windows 10: Can't delete 0 byte .exe file

Hello folk, so last night I was downloading things and downloaded this .exe which was worth 0 bytes, I put it through virus total and nothing came up so I ran it. Nothing happened or so I thought so I tried to delete it, when I tried to delete it I was met with a window telling me it was open in Chrome, I closed chrome and tried again when it told me that I needed permission from my own account, when I tried to run CHKDSK /F /R /X it told me it was open in another volume. Can anybody help me with whats going on? I think I installed a virus but I'm not sure which one.

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0 byte folder cannot be deleted Problem

I have a 0 byte folder and I can't delete it. I'm using win 7 64 bit.
please help *Cry :cry:

It says access denied when trying, please login as admin blah blah msgs....

I've searched the net for hours, Trying unlocker, fileassassin, and all other 'file deleter' programs out there. tried on safe mode, tried the cmd commands, even in cmd it says access denied, tried the closing explorer.exe and doing the command. I tried changing permissions and atrributes and it says you do not have permission to view or edit this objects permission settings. I logged in as the Administrator and still no hope.

the folder originally contained all my movies but since then i moved(using the move command) all of them someplace else(on another hdd) and I thought it was gone but the folder is still there, 0 bytes. It was shared when i deleted it and still appeared on the shared folders list but inaccessible coz it was already deleted so i 'unshared' the folder from the shared folders list. and so the problem began. the folder is still there and it is undeletable

One surefire way to do it without deleting my files is copying all other files to another HDD and reformat it and copy it back again but my hdd is currently contains 1 tb out of 1.36 and i dont have any hdds with that free space to use.

ALSO I CAN'T OPEN THE FOLDER it says

Location is not available

'directory' is not accessible.
Access is Denied.

i think its more of a windows glitch than a virus problem

help??? *Frown

 

How to Delete 0 Byte Files

Hello S_and_S,

The 0 byte files I deleted resulted from incomplete video downloads. These particular plain white files "did not exist or was moved" and could not be deleted. Deleting them was a simple matter of housekeeping.

 

How to Delete 0 Byte Files

Hello,

Searching this forum for a means to delete 0 byte video files I came across a solution by BD45960 who suggests:

Run CMD (aka Command Prompt)

Use: del (File Location)\File Name*



example:

File Name: Ledgers CPB (1) <---note the space at end of file name (* wildcard can catch this if you forgot the space)

File Location: C:\Users\BD45960\Desktop\Ledgers CPB (1)

Command Prompt: del C:\Users\BD45960\Desktop\Ledgers*

Use * wildcard instead of whole file name if possible to catch any strange characters or spaces in file name.

Before I make a mess of things I would like assistance tailoring the above command to delete my file. File name: Bumblebee.mkv.mp4 Location:

C:\Users\ZJ\Videos

Thank you.