Windows 10: Files are deleted while moving from one to another drive item no longer located. Where are...

Hello,

I am moving all PC software backups from a smaller drive to a larger one. Moving gigabytes at once.


To say clearly, the files are not the programs that are currently installed and used.

They are installers, older versions, backups, trial versions, copies of CDs, drivers, codecs etc...

Everything since I've been using a PC about 2001.
Moving whole drive to another, all files must be moved as they are.

Windows Explorer indicated that some files could not be moved.
For various reasons - the most frequent was that the file may be corrupt orcould contain malware.
And mainly they were .exe files.
I have used many of these programs without any harm to the PC, system and data.

Trying to move again these files, it displayed item not found
If the files could not be moved, where are they? The original folder is empty.
They are not in the Trash.
Somewhere in a quarantine folder? I use Microsoft Defender as the main protection.

Below an example screenshot.



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Files in mediaplayer on W7

I have some files listed on my windows media player library showing that are no longer on my hard drive. It will not let me delete them for some reason. Waht can I do to get rid of these? I right click, asksme if I want to delete when I click on delete, but nothing happens after that. Obviously the files cannot be accessed when the location no longer exists, any ideas?

 

Item not found

I'm trying to move pictures from my computer to an external hard drive but when I try to move it, I receive a message that says could not find item. This is no longer located in...and it lists where the file is located. Verify the item's location and
try again. I know the picture is there because I can open it and look at it.

 

If I try to delete the Ghost folder I get the message "Could not find this file This is no longer located in C:\Users\(My name)\Downloads. Verify the item's location and try again."

Original title: Ghost Folder(s) in Download Directory

Over the last couple of weeks, after doing some downloads, I have moved the contents of the folder created in "Download" to another directory. In several cases it has left behind a "Ghost Folder". If I try to delete the folder I get the message "Could not
find this file. This is no longer located in C:\Users\(My name)\Downloads. Verify the item's location and try again." Restarts, restores, etc do not clear the problem.

If I use cmd with admin permissions to bring up the directory, the file is listed as being there but using "rmdir" to delete it also dumps an error stating the folder is not in that location. I preformed an error check on my C drive and no errors were found.

I know have 3 of these folders and it is getting annoying!