Vista wont let me delete a folder on my desktop?

Question

I created this folder a while ago to hide a few *cough* pictures.

Anyway, I put it on my desktop with a blank name [Alt 255] and I changed the icon to blank as well. A bit ago I decided to move the contents of this folder to somewhere else because every time I turned my computer back on the icon turned to black. Now it wont let me delete, rename or even move the folder off my desktop. How do I get rid of this useless folder?

Answer 1

If you know how to use command prompt- you could do a search for the folder in the Desktop folder of your username- using the command dir- and then use the delete folder command in command prompt to get rid of it.

It might be risky, though- especially if you're not familiar with command prompt.  Make sure to do a little research if you don't know what you're doing.

Answer 2

Lol.

try starting ure pc and keep tapping F8

start the pc in safe mode

and then try to delete it

hopefully nothing will stop u as the folder may be in use at the moment by something or another

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Try dragging it into your recycle bin.