I have an icon on my desktop which i cant delete

[sandcreature]

Hello,
can anybody help me?.

 

[sandcreature]

I have tried shift+delete and deleting from cmd. But each time it says the file doesn't exist. By the way the icon is a folder type

 

[neon neophyte]

right click on your desktop and go to "refresh."

 

[sandcreature]

I have had this problem for the past 5 months. Refreshing and restarting have not helped. 🙁

 

[whiteodian]

Curios if it does just need a refresh. Please let us know. Common and annoying issue with Windows 7. Oh, you beat me to it. How about booting into safe mode with F8 and deleting it there

 

[neon neophyte]

try this:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/

 

[sandcreature]

I tried deleting it in safe mode just now. It didn't work.
I'll try the download_unlocker and report back in a few minutes.
Thanks for the help guys.

 

[whiteodian]

Was it an elevated command prompt you tried before? http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/112746-unable-delete-folders.html

 

[digdog]

when you try to delete, what is the message you get ?

 

[sandcreature]

Wohooooooooo....
The unlocker software deleted it. (well at first it said, it can't delete it but will try at the first reboot, but I tried again and voila! it was gone).
LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANKS A TON!

 

[sandcreature]

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