Restart in safe mode (reboot and press F8 as soon as windows starts) and try to delete the file from there (should be under C:\Documents and Settings\username\desktop where username is, well, the user name).
If this doesn't work try this: Download the utility move on boot: http://www.gibinsoft.net/gipoutils/ old version is free good luck On 4/10/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lets try the usual Microsoft Answer, have you rebooted? > > William Robb wrote: > > Hi: > > I have a file on my desktop that won't go away. > > It doesn't have an extension, it is zero bytes in size, and zero bytes on > > the disk. > > > > When I try to delete it, I get an error message "Cannot delete file: Cannot > > read from the source file or disk". > > If I try to change attributes, or copy it, I get an error: "The system > > cannot find the specified file". > > > > It seems like a ghost of files past. > > I'd like to get rid of it, but it doesn't seem to be there, except as an > > icon. > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > > -- > Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf > thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
