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Cannot delete file?!

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SLP Firehawk

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I have a folder that I cannot delete and the problem seems to stem from a svk file that remains in a subfolder. When you hover the mouse over the svk file it shows 61.9 GB in size, yet if you right click and look at properties it shows 0 bytes. If you try to delete the file or the folder, it says Item not found, could not find this item. This is no longer located in .........
Attached are pics showing the above.
I am using Windows 10 Pro 64.

If that is not enough info, please read on for info that may or may not be needed:
These files were camera footage copied from SDXC cards. And one of them must have gotten corrupted somehow because the footage was impossible to edit on my computer due to strange problems trying to sync and edit that shouldn't have happened. I finally used the backup SDXC (the cameras have two card slots) to copy the entire project into new folders with new names and it worked. So something must have happened to the original files on the first SDXC card. But now windows will not let me delete this remaining data from the original copy.
 

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Probably just need to change ownership on the file or folder.
 
Did you do a rip of a Bluray and then move the ripped file? First thing is to make sure that YOU own the file and/or folder (if not, reclass the permissions.) Run a chkdsk to make sure you don't have a link or cross link stub.
 
Reboot? Run scandisk, reboot again?

Most probably windows has something funky in its caches. Or yeah, ownership.
 
It's on your L:, so I'd start with chkdsk L: /f (backup maybe first)
Then try to delete it in safe mode (some process may be holding the file)
Then use the special unlockers pendragon linked to.
That's what I would do, anyway.

Oh, if you go into "my computer" (right click) -> manage, expand the menus on the left until you find "open files". But the first paragraph ought to do it.
 
rd /s "\\?\File path and name

example: rd /s "\\?\c:\BadFile
 
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