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I've finally solved a problem that's been bugging me for years. One of our file shares ended up with several undelete-able files. Attempting to delete them results in ' Error Deleting File or Folder - Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk'. Note: Windows 7's version of this message is something like: Could not find this item: This is no longer located in C: Blah.

Consulting Case 101 Pdf To Excel. Verify the item's location and try again. Even going to the file's properties to check permissions presented a very blank properties dialog. And a CHKDSK didn't sort thing out either. It turns out the problem was: the filename ended with a dot, e.g. It was something like ' C: Temp Stuff Sales Agreement.'

As far as Windows is concerned this is an invalid file name: so although it gets reported in a directory listing, the standard Windows APIs for manipulating files subsequently deny its existence. So how did this file get created in the first place?

The answer: a Mac. The file was on a file share which had been accessed by a Mac user. Macs tend to write all sorts of metadata to extra '._DSStore' files and suchlike and had left this file behind.

So if Windows doesn't appear to allow these file names, how did they get to be created? Well, it turns out that NTFS allows all sort of file name/path weirdness that Windows, or specifically the Win32 API, doesn't allow. For example, NTFS actually allows file paths up to 32K but Windows restricts file paths to no more than 260 characters (MAX_PATH). I suppose this is all for DOS/Windows 9x backwards compatibility. As these files were being accessed over a file share I guess the usual Win32 checks are bypassed. But thankfully you can get Win32 to ignore these checks by prefixing your file paths with?, (ie.

C: Temp SomeFile.txt becomes? C: Temp SomeFile.txt) which I discovered after reading. So at a command prompt (Start >All Programs >Accessories >Command Prompt) I was able to delete the file using: del '? C: Temp Stuff Sales Agreement.'

Note: On Windows 7 it seems you can just use wildcards without the? Trick to delete the offending files: e.g. Del c: temp somefil * If it's a folder/directory you're trying to delete use the rd or rmdir command, e.g.: rd /s '? C: Documents and Settings User Desktop Annoying Folder.' Tip: as you're typing the file/directory name use the TAB key to auto-complete the name (press TAB repeatedly to cycle through possible names). Of course the corollary of all of this is that you could really annoy somebody by doing this: echo Hi >'?%USERPROFILE% Desktop Annoying file you can't delete.' But you wouldn't do that would you?

2008 21:36 Very helpful! Glad I found this via Google. My problem was a folder name generated by a program. I tried to move it, rename it, etc -- no dice. In my case the last character in the name appeared to be a space. I couldn't seem to rename it with this trick (got syntax error - sorry, I didn't record exact error message).

So I copied the contents into another folder, and then deleted the bad folder ( rd '? C: folder folder bad name'). It went away. Some where in some manual the exact syntax rules of these DOS commands is documented, I'm sure. 2008 20:31 Sweeeeeet!

Worked like a charm. I had tried booting in safe mode and deleting, MoveOnBoot, and toying with permissions, none of which worked. The files did indeed come from a Mac and in my case it wasn't a period on the end, but something that looked like a space.

I highlighted the name of the offending file, copied it, got in the command prompt window, typed your command, (del '? C: folder name sub folder name ), then right-clicked to get the paste function in the command prompt window and typed the close quote. That way, no matter what the offending character is, there's no guess work. 2008 19:31 @vassos I had the same problem as well. There were folders under the top level 'bad' folder that I had to delete first before I could do these steps. So, in Windows, I had: c: myfiles badfolder stuff morestuff. I deleted the 'morestuff' and 'stuff' folder in Windows just fine, but I couldn't delete the top level folder (it had a space in it).

Once I deleted the subfolders and all that was left was c: myfiles badfolder, the suggesions that Ben had worked. I used rd instead of rmdir, but it shouldn't matter. 2008 21:40 Hi. I'm trying to delete the following filename 'The Gate dvdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi.' Here's what I've done in Command Prompt so far.

Directory of C: Documents and Settings Desktop Maps 04:37 PM. 04:37 PM.THEGAT~1 The Gate dvdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi.

02:13 PM 0 04:23 PM 21,661,580 Thumbs.db 2 File(s) 21,661,580 bytes 2 Dir(s) 17,562,890,240 bytes free I tried every reccomended method of deleting the file as described here to no avail. I Know I'm getting the file name right because I'm using the tab key. Guess my question is what exactly should I type in from C: (at the very beginning) to delete this file with the dot at the end? When I try to preface a path with?

It says the following. CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories. 2008 16:46 I Had the same problem of 'Johnny on October 6, 2008 Hi I’m trying to delete the following filename “The Gate dvdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi.” Here’s what I’ve done in Command Prompt so far. Directory of C: Documents and Settings Desktop Maps 04:37 PM.

04:37 PM.THEGAT~1 The Gate dvdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi. 02:13 PM 0 04:23 PM 21,661,580 Thumbs.db 2 File(s) 21,661,580 bytes 2 Dir(s) 17,562,890,240 bytes free I tried every reccomended method of deleting the file as described here to no avail. I Know I’m getting the file name right because I’m using the tab key. Guess my question is what exactly should I type in from C: (at the very beginning) to delete this file with the dot at the end?

When I try to preface a path with? It says the following. CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories. =( Exactly what’s been tried thus far C: >del? C: Documents and Settings Desktop Maps The Gate d vdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi. The system cannot find the file specified.

C: Documents and Settings Desktop Maps ”The Gate dvdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi.” The system cannot find the file specified. C: Documents and Settings Desktop Maps The Gate d vdrip(ironeddie)Divx[1].avi.” The system cannot find the file specified.

' I resolved it with del '? C: myFolder myfilebad.AVI.' /a Sorry for my english, i'm peruvian THANKS A LOT DUNCAN Chola. 2009 21:49 Actually, I was looking for a way to create folders that cannot be deleted normally by Windows and you helped me out!

Just passed md '? C: AnnoyingFolder.'

To the command prompt and there! It works like magic. One other thing. Whenever you create a folder ending with a dot, you can neither access nor delete it. Should you however create a folder whose name ends with a space (' '), you can access it like a regular folder but you cannot delete it.

In such folders, any subfolder or file you create is *lost* for good. Windows does not recognise its existence. Plus, as soon as you create any file or folder in a folder whose name ends with a space, the DOS command, RD, or RMDIR does not work on it nor its contents any more. You'll have to use the program Unlocker. My warning: Do not mess around with folders whose names end with a space or you will be in serious trouble. You've been of help. 2009 23:46 SOLVED: UNREMOVABLE DIRECTORY!

Ok, so I have a Windows XP machine with a shared folder used by some Mac users. That got me in trouble. Now I have a load of folders I can't delete, even using the above suggestions. COBIAN BACKUP to the rescue! I use the Cobian Backup utility (free) for other folders and I noticed it successfully removed folders I couldn't - AND - on the Cobian 'Tools' menu, there's a utility called 'Deleter'.

You can browse to any folder name on the XP PC, select it, check the box that says 'Delete recursively' and away it goes. Those guys RULE! Yeah, maybe installing a backup utility is a little more than you want to do, but it only takes a few minutes and it was soooooo worth the time.

FYI, I'm running v.9 of Cobian Backup. Good luck to you all but this worked great for deleting a bunch of Mac-deposited folders!!! 2009 01:37 Thank you so much Duncan!

This little file of mine has been bugging me for months!! Arr I looked everywhere for a solution and it still didn't work, I tried the whole ending explorer process way and even downloaded some applications to do the job, but nothing Same as hac, it was the space at the end, therefore i was typing it wrongly into cmd and to add to my frustration it was a really long name arr you can imagine!! Anyway thank you so much once more This page saved my life Jono. 2009 19:06 Hope this can help: I had 4 files ending with a space. They were flagged system and hidden. I couldn't delete the entire directory because it was my desktop folder!

Trick doesn't work, because of the H and S flags. The /a trick works instead! It works because you don't need to specify any path (and the ANY filename, right or wrong it is, with ending point o ending spaces: it doesn't matters).

The wildcards and the /a will do the rest. Del *.* /a (only if it is a simple file) del *.* /ash (in my case) Beef.

2009 10:30 Hi, I'm probably the most unfortunate of you all - I've got a folder whose name ends with a backslash. I've no idea how it got created - I probably copied it off a pendrive, although I can't imagine which OS would allow this. 04:32 PM defective 0 File(s) 0 bytes 3 Dir(s) 11,153,424,384 bytes free Thats the folder - please not hat it was called defective because I had kept some incomplete videos in it - NOT because this was intended. I've tried Unlocker, Delinvfile and all the methods in the comments above - absolutely nothing seems to be able to find the file. And Delinv fileshows its short name also as 'defective '. I've no idea how that can possibly be because that is 10 Characters.

For some reason /x/a does not seem to show short file names when I use the switches with the dir command in cmd. Any Assistance will greatly appreciated. Kushagra Udai. 2009 12:13 This works wonderfully. For those havin' trouble typing in the path, click and drag the file name into cmd eg: del '? Click and drag the name of your file here and the path will be filled in for you. Use your back arrow on your keyboard and delete the double quotation mark ' that appears before the C: or D: press Enter and yer done.

Click and drag the name of the folder into cmd if using rd /s '? Remember to delete the quotation mark, press enter, type y for yes then Enter and voila. 2009 12:14 My file was on my local disk, not a system file and not hidden. It did appear to have a trailing space in the name. None of the above worked directly, but a variation/combination of posts led me to try this, which worked: 1.

Cd to the directory with the bad file 2. Dir /x /a to get the file's short 8-bit name, say 'shortname' 3.

Del /a shortname No other options on the del command. For example, 'del /ahs shortname' did NOT work since the file was not a system or hidden file. I don't know what the '/a' option is supposed to do without additional specifiers, but it worked for this case.

@Anurag, in step 1, to cd to your desktop, just type 'cd Desktop' from your 'C: Documents and Settings username>' prompt. 2009 08:33 Hi guys! Normally, I am one from those that only read about such problems without contributing. However, this time, I want to share my experience on how to remove these files and deal with this 'cannot delete file cannot read from the source file or disk' So, after reading all this conversation, I downloaded the Unlocker (), although full of doubt! Simply, I installed it, I right clicked on the files and I deleted them right away! So, the most simple way is this Unlocker, if one wants to get rid of these files, stuck on our desktops!

(btw, they were.torrent files) Alec. 2009 00:13 I downloaded a torrent file the other day.Firefox saved the torrent on the desktop.

Long story short, I could not delete the torrent files from the desktop. I would get an error message that read, 'Cannot read from source disk'. Frustrated,with re-install disks in hand, i decided to research the problem and I stumbled across this post. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I went and got the 'unlocker' program. NO MORE FILES!!

Very good software, easy to use, and a handy tool to have if you do a lot of downloading. 2009 04:00 Dear Duncan, I just want to say thanks a million for helping me to solve the problem of a '0 bytes' file that wouldn´t delete.

I have been trying for 3 days to find a solution on the internet. I´m dizzy with all the sites that I´ve visited and reading all the similar problems and solutions (that didn´t work in my case). I had accidently created the problem by naming the folder 'ONCE UPON A TIME.' (notice the 2 dots at the end of the title). It seemed a good idea at the time, you know, instead of writing the whole title.boy was I wrong. I´m not so computer savvy so I went looking on the net for a solution. I tried FileAssassin, File&Folder Unlocker, MoveonBoot etc, etc, etc.

I was getting obsessive about it (I don´t like to give up!!!). Most of the suggested solutions worked if your computer recognises the existance of the cursed folder, but in my case it said the location (folder) didn´t exist, or that it had 'no handle'. I tried ChckDisc but it came up clean and the folder wouldn´t budge. I tried Safe Mode, i tried overwriting with another folder (unamed and with the same name).no joy. It wouldn´t let me move it or change it´´s name. In properties it confirmed '0 bytes', and I also confirmed it wasn´t being used by any other program.

I scanned with anti-virus, Spybot Search & Destroy, and Threat Fire, just to make absolutely sure I hadn´t somehow picked up a rootkit or virus/spyware. Some of the suggested actions I found on the internet filled my trembling heart with more fear of disaster than is healthy and I didn´t dare try them ('Avenger' for example). Some of them seemed too damned complicated to follow.

Then, just 20 minutes ago, I found your explanation, clearly and simply written.and better than your explanation, your solution, also clearly written. I followed your instructions carefully and.(drum roll).it´s gone!!!!! So unless it comes back on my next reboot, I´m so happy I could have your children!! (not literally). Just want you to know that I´m really, really grateful and thank you once again.

2009 15:04 My only additional suggestion is that you go to Properties to make sure you have the exact file name. The file name I was trying to delete was 'Fwd_ FW_ Transplant.' On the first ten tries, I did not realize there were *spaces* in the file name!

If you right click on the file and select 'Properties', you can copy and paste the exact file name from the top box into Word, write your command there, and then copy and paste it into DOS. Worked like a charm once I had the correct file name! 2009 06:17 HOLY SMOKIN CRAPPITY CRAP CRAP.lol thank you sooo much.i recently re-installed my o s just to be rid of a pesky file that didnt finish downloading and remained as an undeletable file in my dl folder.finally figured it out with lots of help from here and a couple links posted here.i can now officially help others with step by step instructions to completely remove those files.one way or another i will help anyone who asks for it, long as i get the emails from this site.thanks to all and ill continue the chain of helping!!! 2009 21:05 I tried the syntax above for the removal of folder to which I receive a response 'Are you sure? And reply Y, only to have a succession of errors that the system cannot find the file specified.

This followed by 'The filename, directory name, or volume label is incorrect' Is it Operator error? I assume since I receive the positive response, that the syntax is correct. These are all peculiar symbols for file names, that I can't replicate. Unlocker has not worked. I'll try MoveON next. 2009 18:04 Hey, so I looked over this post for quite a while and my file was not going away.

So this is what I came up with: Every time I would type in the del '? It would say that the file was unable to be located (even when I would copy and paste the extension directory, so I knew I had it right). I even would tab through the entire directory so as to be extremely accurate.

Nothing seemed to work. By the way, this file was on a flash/thumb drive and was formerly/caused by a corrupt.docx file (a.k.a. Ms word 2007). So I ended up using the 'rd /s '? ' command and deleting the entire folder it was in.

Well, it worked. Here is what it looked like when I typed it into command prompt: rd /s '? E: ---school--- ----Fall 2009---- Marketing (sales) 3200 Homework pressed enter, and. Good by folder! The corrupt file was reading 1.2gb on a 4gb flash drive. But now it is gone and am glad I ran into this post.

Also glad to find there are others with similar problems and im not just an idiot. Hope this helps Sam. 2009 15:07 I've never left a comment on a blog before. I generally try to stay away from them because of the risky advice and, let's just say, poor attitudes often encountered. However, I've been fighting a plethora of computer issues for over a week now. The latest was a corrupted Recycle Bin where I found I couldn't delete 321Mb of Symantec files. I'm so grateful for stumbling across this link that I'm breaking my rule ('More of a guideline than a rule, actually.'

) and saying, 'Thank you.' I don't know how many times I, too, have struggled with this issue. Also, allow me to say that, although I didn't read all the posts, I found the inputs, attitudes, and egos to be wonderfully different from those other blogs to which I referred. Thanks, again. September 26.

2009 23:43 Thanks Dude!!! You are a genius. I been trying it out for several weeks to delete 2 such folders on my laptop but all in vain.Then i searched it on google and was directed to this blog. It was so simple that i was amazed. All my headache was gone so easy that i jumped out of my bed. Previously i thought that it was a virus or something like that and kept on scanning with all kinds of virus removal tools and the trick was just so simple.

Hats off to you.!!! 2009 02:52 Very interesting insight into NTFS and Win32 API. Did not work for me.

The folders I couldn't delete had orginated after copying the Favorites folders to my USB drive. I have had this problem many times and have usually resolved by copying all files off and reformatting the drive! The symptoms are: in Explorer or DOS attempts to delete a folder tree Favorites e result in the error at the beginning of this post. Folder properties show no security or sharing tabs on either folder. However I resolved it by using DIR /X /S which showed my folder structure was actually ' favor~2 e0256~1'. Using RD with these names allowed me to delete the files.

Did not work in this case. Many thanks Duncan for focussing me on what the real cause of my problem could be! 2009 06:34 Thanks man. I had 2 files I could not delete bcuz they ended with 'file.'

I had made a backup of my website and a form processor creates a file of the output with no extension that I can read in notepad from FTP. But once I backuped up my site on my computer, and then tried to backup my computer it would stop at these files and would not go any farther. Windows XP would not let me delete or rename the file. Your post worked perfectly to get rid of those files.

Again thanks. 2009 02:41 Damn. People seem to get this problem but most people are ignoring it here. And I've tried all the ones that have actually tried but to no avail.

I have tried everything but nothing works. The file is on my USB and I've tried the unlocker and all the?,/s, commands but it still doesn't work. I just get the same error, Could Not Find blah or when I try to delete the folder: The system cannot find the file specified or filename, directory name, syntax is incorrect. I've tried disk checking and I also typed in /a, not sure how that works though. The problem doesn't seem to be the filenames. At least I'm not sure. One of the files is called IrSPXO~1.PRX and I've tried naming another file the exact same thing and I was able to delete it.

So what's the problem here? 2009 01:56 I am having trouble with this fix: del “? C: Documents and Settings Brenda Desktop Fwd_ Health tip of the day.” but I was unsure of how to open a cmd window and when I did finally open one it looked like this: C: Documents and Settings Brenda>Is this correct? Do I just paste the fix in like this? C: Documents and Settings Brenda>del “? C: Documents and Settings Brenda Desktop Fwd_ Health tip of the day.” I get the following error when I paste that into the cmd window.

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. When I go to this website: it sets off all kinds of warnings on my computer so I was afraid to proceed. These are the errors that I have received: This website has been reported as unsafe. This website has been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information. Can someone help? 2009 05:41 Oh my stars. I'm terribly excited!

Someone up there posted a link to a program called Unlocker and it's deleting those icons just like that. I must go thank him/her!

I did manage to find out how to open the command prompt window from start>all programs>accessories but alas when i entered the command it told me the 'The System Cannot Find the Path Specified' But at least Grandma is learning a thing or two. And those nasty icons are going just like that.

Now my husband won't see a thing! 2010 19:39 I am terribly sorry to have to leave you feedback, instead of some bread, alas. This is an excellent, excellent, totally efficacious technique. I would strongly reemphasize the importance of the tip listed directly under the CL syntax demo. I've poured over kernel logs, I've typed, and retyped, the command argument until my face turned purple, and my head nearly exploded. All of this because I did not carefully enough read, the explicit, and clear instructions. I was removing an offending directory/folder using the rd/s command at first, with no result what-so-ever.

In the end, and considering this was indeed a folder, rmdir worked for me on XP Pro SP3. For some reason yet unbeknownst to me, manually typing-in the correct file path produced zero results. I encountered the same error that I was trying to go-around. At this point, using the 'tab' key to auto-complete the file-path directly following the last directory before the actual name of the offending directory/folder, is critical. Again, for some reason, allowing the file-path to auto-complete solved the issue, and the offending directory/folder vanished into the abyss. This was in fact the result of a ham-fisted Mac-related FTP event, precisely as surmised. Which of course is preventable on the Mac-server-side, doi.

So, this article is the perfect solution to a file/folder/directory that won't delete due to the 'can't be found' error. Thank you so much for this! Totally worked perfectly! 2009 02:26 tnx a lot^^ the UNLOCKER did remove the 2 files on my desktop. I have tried to delete these 2 in command prompt but it just cnt be deleted there. The commnd prompt did delete my other files in my desktop.

Just for a history, these 2 files appeared after i cleaned my hard disk. Actually, i have deleted these 2 files already. They r torrent files and has a long file name and a SPACE. I just dont know which of these four made them appear again in my desktop. Registry mechanic 2. Purera and the reason why i cleaned my hard disk is bec.

The windows update just downloaded every update and filled my harddisk.now i turned the automatic updates off.not sure if it is a good thing to turn it off. -THE END- lemon. 2009 18:21 Urgh! Tried to delete the files via Windows Explorer. Got the 'cannot read.' Tried to rename files. Same message.

Cannot move, cannot copy, cannot do anything. Tried the solution given by the author of this page. The files cannot be found.

So I went and moved all files out of that folder EXCEPT those to be deleted, and then attempted del *.* in the command prompt. That didn't work; I received a lot of 'syntax not correct' errors.and one file not found. Tried to go up one level and just delete that folder; same problem. Attributes didn't seem to make a difference, whether in WinExplorer or the Command Prompt.

(By the way, there are 12 files I need to get rid of, at least seven of which have the faded icon that indicates hidden or system files; but even with hidden or system files showing, Command Prompt only showed 6 total.) Tried Unlocker. It said it deleted the files; they're still in there. Tried the deleter from Cobian Backup utility.

I don't remember the message I got, but those files are still there. Tried opening in Notepad and saving as a new, deletable file. Syntax not correct. What else am I missing? About the only solution I can come up with at this point is to backup everything I WANT to keep and reformat the disk (it's a flash drive, so it's not as big a deal as it would be if it were the computer, but still.) Help, please? 2010 06:33 I was having a similar problem of having to annoyingly type out a long file name and always getting it wrong or it not allowing me to paste in the command prompt.

HOWEVER, one of the individuals here suggested pressing the 'TAB' key which completes the rest of the file name for you once you've typed in the first few letters/characters so you don't have to type the whole thing out!! Not only does this accurately type out your file name, but it'll save you the headache of not having to paste!

Hope this helps! Thank you Thank you!!! 2009 05:40 This guy deserves some kinda award-Thank You! Seriously right now im imagining all the people that have used this to help solve their problem and the combined relief- how do you measure relief, in tons right!? The best part, typical of computers the solution is more simple than the problem and right under the nose. I mean the command prompt, who is gonna discover this problem of 'undeletable' files and think right away, i could definitely fix this with cmd.

It wouldnt have mattered much, i have basic understanding of dos (havent messed with in years) and even less of cmd but i wouldve never figured out the prefixing for this on my own. Again, Thank You! 2009 21:19 Here is an easy way for deleting files that don't have an extension or end with. Or has a space after the period. Take your desktop and copy all the files except the one you want to delete to a new folder. Then go into the c: prompt, and go to your desktop C: documents and settings owner desktop Then just find the file you want to delete.

Make sure there are no other files in the folder and then type C: del X.* X= the first letter of the file e.g. If the file is: Superman-flies. Then type C: del S.* Or of course if you are sure there are no other files then you can type del *.* Then go to the temp folder you created and move all your files back to your desktop, and then delete the temp folder. It worked for me! 2010 18:39 I'm still getting the Could Not Find error in the command prompt window. I have nine of these files ending in a '.' On my desktop.

I've used the tab technique to locate them, but still get the error 'Could Not Find file'. I also used the%USERPROFILE% trick, but still get the same error. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've tried this from the C: file, and from the C: user Desktop file location, but no luck. Any I've got Windows XP.

Any help would be appreciated. 2010 02:44 Thanks a lot the file has been annoying me for a year.

My first attempts failed(using XP). The Tap trick did not work with the. My file was on my second hard drive where my My Documents resides. In command prompt I first went to my second hard drive enter, and D: >appears on the next line.

I then hit tab untill the folder I wanted came up 'My Documents'>, I then typed in the back slash 'My Documents' >and hit tab again untill the undeletable file came up 'My Documents Fw_Life After Road Runner.' >I then ran the curser back and typed in the del?

D: 'My Documents Fw_Life After Road Runner.' >pushed enter and to my disbelief it worked. I have tried many times before typing in what eventually did the trick and got cannot find the file.

The Tab was the key. Thanks again. 2010 23:36 MY GOODNESS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU DUNCAN THANK YOU A LOT!!!

I've had this problem for days now. I backed up my files and reformatted the usb jus like you sed and it worked!

For those who don't know how to do it, go to: My computer >>>right click the USB drive >>>click 'Format' >>>choose the options you want(i suggest choosing the best ones.) >>>>Press 'Start' >>>'all data will be erased.' Press 'ok' (PS: REMEMBER TO BACK UP THE FILES YOU WANT) Avakai. 2010 00:09 awesomeness.

I had a little file whose name had [brackets] in it, and was very long. Whenever there is a file I can't delete, it brings back unhappy memories of viruses, mysteriously reappearing startup items, safe mode, complete windows reinstalls.

I figured it was just the brackets or the length of the name causing the problem, but still, I wanted it gone! By the way--- copying and pasting the exact file name is a good idea-- at first the method above didn't work for me, but copying the file name revealed one little space at the end of the file name-- 'filename.tmp '. 2010 04:35 I've been trying to delete a folder and kept getting the 'Cannot read from source' message. I spent about three hours searching websites for an answer to this problem.

Booted up in safe mode, tried dos commands (rd and redir) over and over, tried to move, rename, delete, etc, in Explore - all to no avail. I was going to format and reload the drive shortly and was really aggravated. Then I found your WONDERFUL website. All I can say is thank you very much!!!

And I sent you $25 via paypal - you earned - thanks again. 2010 21:52 I'd like to suggest one other solution (maybe it's mentioned somewhere in the 528 previous comments). Download and install the process explorer, Select 'System' and look for a file handle for the directory or file you're trying to delete. You'll see what I mean. Right click on it, and select 'close handle'. The dir/file should be removed automatically through this.

If you don't find the dir or file in 'System', try finding it under 'explorer.exe' instead. Best of luck! 2010 03:44 Jesus.

I can't thank you enough for delivering the solution. I've never seen this before. It happened following a program I installed yesterday and as I directed to use a data folder named aaa it created another folder named aaa(dot) Safe boot, nada Powerdesk DESTROY, nada Rename, forget it It kept coming back following a refresh Anyway, this solution worked and UNlike some other M.F. Toolheads out there.

This solution did NOT delete my entire drive. Many blessings on Stuart for providing this assistance. Peace Telemental.

September 13. 2010 15:30 Sorry to be late responding, but i was out of town. OK, I am over my head here. There are a lot of tmp files and folders there in the temp directory; nothing with the name of the folder I am trying to delete nor none with the same creation date. Am I supposed to delete them all, or am I looking for my bad file? If I am looking for something that has the properties of the bad file, it is not there. (Also, I previously tried to delete it from the Command prompt, thinking it was in the 'D' directory, and the error message was 'file not ready.'

) Thanks, Vicky. 2010 10:03 Thanks a Billion!

I am very experienced, but self-taught; and I was stuck with a 'file'/non-file thing on my XP x64 Desktop for a few months. Finally I thought to search the error message (duh!, but guess I was lazy at first and my desktop was messier then anyway). Well, I am posting this for thanks and two other reasons - for all reading with this kind of issue: 1 - For me the file ended with a space; and not a period; and thought I would spread the word this still worked! 2 - Also, I read above some had problems with copy and paste. I too had to re-learn how to do this, but you should be able to do it simply with the windows command prompt (well, at least mine, see version above). I use the portable one from portableapps.com, and also discovered it to be tricky. It seemed to keep 'forgetting' or something, what I had copied into the clipboard (which was the entire command written in a text editor to include everything (of course)).

I had to carefully left click the very top left of the prompt window to bring up the context menu which included Edit->Paste. Maybe mine was acting up for some other reason, but I think this may help others; keep trying. So happy that 'file' is gone! Michael Trahan. September 15.

2010 17:06 Found it!! Now to delete it; My CMD default setting is Documents and Settings Vicky>My bad file name is BlockNewman. So, after the CMD prompt, I tried: DEL /Local Settings Application Data Microsoft CD Burning BlockNewman.

The message I received back was: Invalid Swith - 'Local' I have tried various other strings, including using ' ' at the beginning of the string, putting the entire string in quotes, etc., and the messages are: The system can not find the file specified So, I obviously don't know how to delete from the CMD prompt! Thanks, Vicky. 2010 06:57 thx for the original thread. This helped steer me the right way. BTW, if the 'del?

' trick doesn't remove the file since it cannot find it, try the 'rmdir /s? ' trick, which removes the entire subdirectory and offending files. This worked for me. Another common problem with these rogue files is you dont have permission to access them. In this case, you need to assign permissions with a stronger utility called 'subinacl', whcih can be downloaded from microsoft website. September 30. 2010 01:52 Dear Sirs; Firstly, Please accept my apologies for not understanding what The HTML tags and attributes below actually do?

I an certain that ithey are for making a post more convenient? Please excuse me if my lack of knowledge regaerding them, creates an inconvenience in your Fine Posting area? As to why I' m actually here, & Posting!!

Your method in putting the del? In front of the Prompt worked! YEEEE - HAWW!!:o) FRIGGIN! Un - Believeable!!I had to try it a few times.but only because I'm a Dummy! And have never used this Prompt Program before! I now realize that I had to use a Capital C: immediately after the del?

And.I finally figured out!!as well that that I needed to place a period and the ' at the end of the fIle name.even though the File that was permanently stuck to my desktop, did not habve the period. Anyways.after about the fifth try. I had it!:o) I looked at the prompt, thinking that it would once again state something to the effect that it couldn't find the path~! But to my Delight!!! Mister Duncan Smart's Advice was worthy of my complete attention!! So I Thank you Sir! For a Very Much Appreciated Method ( that Indeed Works!

) That Cursed File.Had sat immovable.on my desktop for the last two years or so!! When I Glanced down at my Desktop.immediately after I had succeeded in Moving it.I Did a Little Dance! And then I noticed that my Desktop Looked Strangely Organised again!! That Little Unwelcome File, had stayed it's last day on MY Property!! HA-HA!:o) Over the Last Two years. I had tried just about EVERYTHING!BUT TO NO AVAIL!UNTIL NOW!!! I tried changing the File's extension's.tried renaming the File.changed it's 'opens with'.numerous times!

I have used Different.' File Shredders'..and I have used a couple different File 'Unlocker' Programs.and used my Window Washer program with specifically - directed washes geared towards bleaching it out!!I have even used 3 different registry editors thinking that they would delete it after they discovered that it no longer had a specific 'target'.I have also made a shortcut to it thinking that I could then just delete it's 'target'.but all to no avail!!!Until Tonight!!! Yeeee!!!---HAAAAAAA!!!:o) I have even changed the Files extension to one that only one specific Media Player could Play!and then deleting all those types of files.and then as well, the corresponding media Player itself!!!! Just about every trick in the Book!That I knew of or heard of, anyways!! So.I just wanted to Personally Thank you!!!

Mister Duncan Smart!! 2010 13:24 dont know if this will help but I tried my own way of deleting these files and it worked!! What i did was create a folder moved all the other files in the problamatic folder into this other foler then I moved it to another directory on my harddisk then i goto the probem folder and copy the address bar for the folder opened command prompt and typed cd (right click paste then Enter) then i simply typed del *.* (then enter) files were gone!!:) hope maybe this might help someone else oggmeista. 2010 03:00 I tried this but must admit to getting confused as to whether to use the quotation marks or not; and I couldn't past into the command prompt [DOS and I seem to have a mutual hatred for each other]. Having had Unlocker on my system for over a year, something Alec said reminded me that I could use that by right clicking on the obnoxious file [I'm used to it popping up to lend a hand and it never volunteered its services with this file].

So I did exactly what Alec did and it died [a hopefully painful]!!! Thanks for the help I don't think it matters how it worked, so long as it does. Other people's comments are often just as useful as the original post. Thanks for starting this post, Duncan. Did you ever think you'd still be helping people with the same issue 2 years later?. Amazing that you haven't just dropped it to go on without you. I admire your perseverance..

Cheers to all. 2010 08:29 Hey Duncan, You can rename these files through the Web-UI perfectly. We are moving to Sharepoint as a complete document store, and it is only on the odd occasion taht we find this problem. Renaming or trying to delete a file through the explorer view (which we have mapped to a drive) has no effect, then trying to do it again gives the error descibed: cannot read from source file or disk. It's so frustrating. We don't have workflow or any sort of approval or version history on this library.

2011 09:09 Thank you very much. I've searched forever for this problem starting in 2009 but never found an answer. The file name never showed up until today when I drilled down this 5 deep subdirectory structure the file name ended with a.; however, I can assure you that this file did not come from a MAC!

I created it accidentally! How, I don't know. Anyway, the del command did not work for me so instead I tried the RD /s but deleted the folders one by one, starting from the 5th deepest and ending up with the root! Thank you so much Esha Tamras. 2011 16:06 Have SEVERAL documents on a usb flash drive (back it up every month) and yesterday when I tried to perform my monthly back-up (copying files from flash drive to a network drive) I received the following error: Cannot copy file: Cannot read from the source file or disk. I am able to copy the files over one-by-one, however this would take me more time than I have right now! I have no idea how to find the file(s) on there that might be 'bad' without going into every individual file which would be terribly time consuming!

By accident, I did find a file named: SMRTNTKY, that has renamed all the folders in it with unrecognizable names. Without going into more specifics that seems to be general description of my problem. AND THIS is where my computer savvy ENDS! I have read and re-read these posts and I just simply don't understand enough to try the solutions suggested for fear I will lose my data and in the end finding out I did something wrong and could have saved my data after all! So, if there's ANYONE reading this with a solution to my issue that can put it into 'normal person computer terms' and assure me I won't lose my data as a result of trying.PLEASE, please Help me! Thanks, Shayla~Needing HELP in Wisconsin Shayla~Needing HELP in Wisconsin. 2011 15:38 Thank you!

I recently gave some files crazy names ending in dots and they were bugging me, just sat there on my desktop. I followed your advice and it worked like a dream. I used the right arrow key to just keep writing the same command line and then repeatedly hit the tab key - as you suggested - to go through my (previously tidied) desktop. Thanks very much, this had been bugging me for a whole week and I haven't got much patience! Great idea to send that file to someone BTW. There's another file that you can't ever make.

And I forgot what it's called. Maybe it was DELETE.???, I bet you know. (Saw it once on a website and tested it, it's a window default thingy). 2011 16:31 I found a really simple way to do this. I used a program called SyncBack Pro which is my favorite choice for backing up all my stuff to an external drive. SyncBack Free edition might do this too. Pro is 19 bucks.

You can get it here i found a setting in the Advanced Copy/Delete menu a checkbox that says 'Delete All the files and folders on 'SOURCE LOCATION' before scanning for changes of files. It deleted all those.mac files that i couldn't with command lines. Basically, i created a new backup profile job for the folder that contained all my broken mac files that i couldn't remove or rename. Then in the settings of the backup job, i clicked Expert Mode, clicked Copy/Delete, Clicked Advanced, then 3rd box from the bottom put a tick in the box 'Delete All the files and folders first in the 'Source Location' Why this options exists for a backup job i have no idea but thank God it did. Then i just ran the job. It deleted all the files causing me not to be able to remove the parent folder.

For some strange reason, syncback pro did leave the parent folders and some files inside them. But when it was done, i was able to IN WINDOWS right click the parent folder and select Delete, which i could not do before. Now all the mac files and 'crummy_file.. ' are all gone. 2011 18:05 Yup tried as below: no results That seems to a final option.

Didn't wanted to opt for that cauz of the data and space issues. F: JUNK4-13-10 Delete' '? F: JUNK4-13-10 Delete', Are you sure (Y/N)?

Y The system cannot find the path specified. F: JUNK 4-13-10 Delete' '? F: JUNK 4-13-10 Delete', Are you sure (Y/N)? Y The system cannot find the path specified. F: JUNK4-13-10 Delete Junk' '?

F: JUNK4-13-10 Delete Junk', Are you sure (Y/N)? Y The system cannot find the path specified. 2011 19:22 No luck!:( I tried all the simply using copy-paste. I have it now as: 'F: JUNK' inside the JUNK folder I have 2 another folders named as Junk-1 and Junk-2 (all the wired files are sitting in these 2 folders).

I have used the commands as: RD/s '? F:JUNK Junk-1' (with and without spaces) No Luck RMDIR /s '?

F:JUNK Junk-1' I tried both commands with and without coutes too, but no luck! Any help is much appreciated.

I too much frustrated with this space being blocked! Thanks for all your help! 2011 08:13 Phantastic! What happened was a few months ago I downloaded a bunch of preset files for an onscreen guitar amp that is cross platform. User can upload presets and also download them of course. I noticed two extra files with no file extension in my download folder. Two files with the same name, respectively but with proper file names where also there plus a few hundred proper files.

I moved the proper files to their destination and tried to delete the two without file extension. My guess is that they are uploaded from some Mac user? It just burned my brain to see those MFs in there week after week in my download folder haha! Anyway: the 'del?.' Trick worked!!!:D Thanx a lot!