Folder That Does Not Exist

Question

I download a folder with files, and when I went to open one of the files, it said file not found. I removed the file from the folder and it started working normally, so the problem was the folder. I tried deleting the folder and creating a new one, but File Explorer says it can't find the folder. It's as if it doesn't exist in the system, even when it's right on my monitor. I tried to find errors in it and all I found strange is that it has a "space" at the end of the folder name.

And when I try to create a new folder with that name and "space", so the system understands that it exists, it creates a normal folder "space" and it doesn't do anything.

Answer 1

You can use the *\?* prefix at the command line to both create and delete non-standard file and folder names.

If that's a normal space character, then the following command at a cmd prompt should delete it:

rd "\\?\G:\Pics "

If that doesn't work, then the trailing "space" may be some other whitespace character and we'll then need to make some adjustments to deal with that.

Answer 2

Don't work. For some reason, the Prompt Command don't find the folder.

And the system still says that the folder does not have any files, even though it has image files that I can't open.

Answer 3

Hi,

If you want to delete the problematic folder one thing you could try is removing the folder using its 8.3 filename via an Administrator Command Prompt.

There is a video in the following link explaining:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89wlEfRqa6U

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