This is the solution
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 2:51 am
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Rinkleff
(2 messages posted)
No, none of those responses was even close to the solution -- fortunately, I did
find an apparent solution at another site, and am posting it here for your future
reference.
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Solution for Vista's "Item not found" error when deleting or renaming
files/folders
When you try to delete or rename a file/folder, you may receive a
window that says:
"Item not found. Could not find this item. This is no longer
located
in [folder]. Verify the item's location and try again."
To solve, follow these steps:
1. Open up a command prompt (run cmd.exe from
the Start Menu).
2. Navigate to the folder that the object resides in.
3. Run "dir /a /x /p" to display the contents of the folder, including
hidden
files (/a) and 8.3 filenames (/x).
4. Find the 8.3 filename of the object to
the left of the regular,
long filename.
5. Run "ren <8.3 name>" to rename
the object, "del <8.3 name>" to
delete it if it's a file and "rd /s <8.3 name>"
to delete it if it's a
folder.
Note: If renaming to a long filename,
make sure to enclose the long
filename in quotations. If that fails, temporarily
rename it to an 8.3
name and then rename it to what you want outside of the
command
prompt.
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