Solved Cannot delete empty folder

rufford155

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I have an empty folder on my desktop that I cannot delete because windows thinks a file in it is being used - there are no files in it !
And windows says the same even if I close all programs.
Any suggestions please how to proceed to delete it ?
 
Try to remove the folder using the Command Prompt

- open the Downloads folder
- hold the Shift key and right-click on an empty space inside the folder
- on the Context menu click Open command window here
- type the command dir /x /p
- the list of files will have two columns the first with short names (ending with ~) and the second with the full name you see in Windows Explorer
- take note of the short name of the folder to delete
- delete the folder by typing:
rmdir folder~1
Note: Replace folder~1 with the correct name
 
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