Windows 10: WIN10: Delete File or Folder - Nothing Happens

Running Windows 10 (1809). If I create new files or try to delete recent files, no problem (go right to the recycle bin). If I try to delete old files or folders, I press the delete button (or select the delete button in File Explorer, or do Shift-Delete), nothing happens. No message, no removal. Just me pressing away on delete and nothing happening at all.


Tried some troubleshooting already but running out of ideas:


1) Rebooted. No change.


2) Reviewed permissions to files - full control.


3) Tried deleting from OneDrive web through browser and having it Sync the change. No change (it doesn't appear in web One Drive but is still on my local hard drive).


4) Tried pausing OneDrive in case the process had some files locked, no Change.


5) Did SFC scan - all good no issues.


6) Did Anti-Virus and Malware Scans - all clean.


7) Thought it might be corrupt recycle bins so using Admin rights at the Command Prompt, did rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin on both my C and storage drive partitions and rebooted. No change.


Only thing I have found that works is if I cut and paste the file/ folder to my desktop, I can delete it from there. A workaround, but this isn't really solving the problem.


I suppose I could delete the recycle bins and I think they would get recreated on reboot, right but not sure if that is different than what I already tried in Troubleshooting #7 already.


Any ideas?

:)

 

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.

 

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