Windows 10: How do I delete the "googledrivefs.inf" folder?

I have a Windows 11 computer and have uninstalled Google Drive via "Add or Remove" programs. For whatever reason, that wasn't sufficient enough to completely eradicate them from my computer. In their wake they left "Google Doc," "Google Sheets," and "Google Slide," options in the "New +" context menu of my File Explorer, which I was only able to delete by going into my Registry and disabling permissions. I found instructions on how to do this in Texxi's response here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-10/remove-google-sheets-docs-slides-entries-from-quot-new-quot/m-p/3093350I use

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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:

 

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.

 

oem157.inf oem158.inf blocking Windows 11 upgrade

Repeated attempts to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 have been "hard" blocked by XPS and PDF drivers oem157.inf and oem158.inf. This exact scenario has been reported/documented before with early upgrades to Windows 10. The documented solution steps from this historical issue have not been successful in resolving my current Windows 11 upgrade failures.

XPS and PDF features have been disabled. Every primary and secondary reference linked to oem157 and oem158 has been removed from the registry and the oem157 and oem158 files removed from the Windows/INF folder, yet the Windows 11 upgrade continues to fail with 0xC0900209 error which is caused by oem157.inf and oem158.inf. DISM and SFC have been used to no benefit in this issue.

Would the existence of the prnms001 and prnms009 folders/files in the Windows/System32/DriverStore/FileRepository folder cause the Windows 11 upgrade to be blocked by oem157 and oem158? Are there other items that need to be "cleaned" of the XPS and PDF driver references to allow Windows 11 upgrade to be successful?

Thanks for any suggestions.

P.S. XPS and PDF printer devices have all been deleted.