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Remove virtualized shellext folder

Anonymous
2016-03-22T01:23:18+00:00

How can I remove my old Virtualized shellext directory? Like:

D:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized\C\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\shellext

The trailing shellext folder has an empty space at its end, and is actually called "shellext ". But it can't be renamed/removed. The problem is always a "File not found" error when it hits the 'shellext ' folder. Like

takeown /f "shellext " /r /D Y

ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.

No attributes can be set on it, it can't be renamed (not on prompt, nor in Explorer, nor using 7-Zip or something). And it really has a trailing space (checked that by outputting dir command to file). Nor will a del *.* (on higher directories) work on it.

See also:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3ed79718-d522-4ec8-835c-3ac350b881bb/virtualized-folder-remains?forum=w7itproinstall

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-03-22T16:23:13+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

    I would suggest you to post your query on Microsoft TechNet forum for this issue. There you can get more effective and appropriate suggestions by experts familiar with this topic.

    Here is the link for Microsoft TechNet Forum:

    Microsoft TechNet

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=w7itpro

    Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

    While I appreciate a reply, why would you give me a link to Microsoft Technet, when I already posted a link to it about the issue I posted there in my start post?!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-03-22T12:21:17+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

    I would suggest you to post your query on Microsoft TechNet forum for this issue. There you can get more effective and appropriate suggestions by experts familiar with this topic.

    Here is the link for Microsoft TechNet Forum:

    Microsoft TechNet

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=w7itpro

    Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

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