Can't delete a Favorites shortcut.

[thewolfe]

Can't delete a Favorites shortcut.

I have some files I want to delete. One in particular is a Favorites shortcut explorer file that was backed up onto this computer from another one one my local network.

No I want to clean things up but I can't delete the file. It says that Windows can't find the file and that it may already been moved or deleted.

How can I delete it?

 

[RealBlackStuff]

In Explorer, go to c:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Favorites
There (or in a Favorites subdirectory) you will find the culprit.
Press F5 while in Explorer to refresh your screen.

 

[thewolfe]

Here's my problem. I have two computers backed up to each other.

I backed up computer 2 to computer 1. Then I backed up computer 1 to computer 2.

At that point I have the Favorites from computer 2 backed up to computer 1 and then when I backed up to computer 2 I backed up the "backed up" files.

And it says it can't find it and I can't rename or delete it.

I even tried to "Shred" the recycle bin with no success.

 

[thewolfe]

I thought of something and tried it and it worked.

I used "deltree" in DOS.

Thanks for the posts.