Windows 10: 'Ghost Folder' After Removing Old Drive

Discus and support 'Ghost Folder' After Removing Old Drive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hello, I just removed an old hard drive which had my iCloud folder. It left behind the directory to iCloud with no way of deleting it; here is what... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by PeterSalnikov, Dec 27, 2020.

  1. 'Ghost Folder' After Removing Old Drive


    Hello,


    I just removed an old hard drive which had my iCloud folder. It left behind the directory to iCloud with no way of deleting it; here is what it looks like:

    'Ghost Folder' After Removing Old Drive f150cd64-0915-43dc-b7ca-8047332dc4e1?upload=true.jpg

    How can I get rid of this? It looks bad and any Windows action I try can't detect it as the drive is no longer in the computer. Thanks.


    Peter

    :)
     
    PeterSalnikov, Dec 27, 2020
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  2. DawnFA Win User

    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.
     
    DawnFA, Dec 27, 2020
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  3. Novgorod Win User
    Can't remove disconnected (ghost) network device

    Thanks for the suggestion, but it can't remove the NIC:

    'Ghost Folder' After Removing Old Drive [​IMG]


    It's the only Intel I219-V that shows up in the device list of the DeviceCleaner program (it shows only non-present devices as I understand). Otherwise, the tool works - I found a ghost replica of the integrated GPU (Intel HD 530) and could remove it. Only the NIC gives this error message on removal, which is probably the reason I can't remove it the normal way through the device manager.
     
    Novgorod, Dec 27, 2020
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  4. 'Ghost Folder' After Removing Old Drive

    Removing Ghost Printer

    I have exactly the same problem. I think it is just the entry in the list box that is the ghost item. But how to remove it?
     
    Willem.deboer, Dec 27, 2020
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