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Weird... can't delete a file.

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Zucarita9000

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So I was messing around with IE cache settings and decided to restore it back to it's original location (they used to be on a different drive). I changed it back to "C:\Documents and settings\Local config... etc", an rebooted Windows. It seems that now I can't delete the previous folder, there's a file called "search[1]." and when I try to delete it, it says "Can't find the specified file" or something like it.

How can I get rid of this?
 
Try running scandisk on the drive. Then try deleting it.

If you on windows 9x... boot into dos and delete the file from there.
 
Are you doing this from explorer or from a cmd prompt? Try from a cmd prompt (and if needed, try deleting the parent directory)
Bill
 
cmd prompt... hmm, that's strange. I've tried opening the dir (cd temporary internet files) and it displays the contents ok... but if I try to delete it with rmdir I get an error saying that the system cannot find the specified file... I can't delete the file either. It says "The file cannot be found"...

Is this some sort of ghost file? WTF is this?!?
 
Using dir /X shows you the file's 8.3 filename. In my case, dir only showed me "search[1].", but using dir /x showed me "SEARCH~3". I was able to delete it using del SEARCH~3
 
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