Windows 10: Download folder mysteriously deleted files

After leaving my computer idle but running for a couple of hours, I find a lot of files from my download folder to be gone upon return. Edge Version 135.0.3179.85 still lists the names of the files in the Downloads menu, but classifies them as "removed". This happened to all files in that folder from roughly the past two months with the following exceptions: Some the only .zip-files in that folder and one .pdf that I once saved annotations in. Beyond that, files older than roughly two months were left untouched. The deleted files do not appear in the Recycle Bin and the Recycle Bin does n

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Trouble deleting a folder

Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

Trouble deleting a folder

Download norton commander for windows and try it. I`m using it for deleting those autorun.inf virus files that stuck to the USB drives or second non system partition. If no file is used from windows folder NC should erase it easy. And there is Hiren`s boot disk that you can download it is bootable and has volkov commander on it similar to NC and it runs in DOS and it will delete windows folder 100%. Or you can make USB stick bootable and use deltree command.

 

Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


Suggestion:

1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
   x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
   NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.