How do you delete files that are 0 Bytes?

[Funkworkz]

Recently I deleted some pictures, but theres still a blank file on my desktop (where the picture originally was) with the same name, and it says its 0 bytes. I try to delete the file and it says "Could not find this item. This file is no longer located in C:\xxxxxxx.jpg. Verify the item's location and try again"

I am on Vista. I tried an error check in my C:\ > Properties > Tools and it did not help. any advice?

[Calina]

this has happened to me once but after restart it was gone

[Funkworkz]

restarting didnt help. i also tried moving the fake file and real file into a folder then deleting the folder, but the byte file reappeared after i refreshed the desktop /facepalm

[Senoska]

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[Kwijiboe]

Gotta get rid of all traces of that child porn.

[Senoska]

Nah, I had the same problem and it was recommended to me. When you install it just right click and go to "Eraser" it'll get rid of it

[Funkworkz]

didnt work with eraser, although thats a nice program

[Kryssan]

Sounds to me like a ghost link left behind in your registry that didn't get cleared. Get your gloves on and go in there and manually get it out. Could use a registry cleaner, of course, but it might not get it either, depending on why it got left behind.

[Funkworkz]

can you recommend a good registry cleaner?

[Nattack]

huff, i give an option.

tuneup utilities, the hacked version does wonders while running offline, as it seems to do its own piracy checking these days. but it made my aunts computer run from crap to semidecent in just one run.

[Epical]

Might I also suggest CCleaner while you're at it!

[Day]

try killbox

it has several options like delete/replace on reboot

[SephYuyX]

nvm, misread

[Vincento]

If those don't work just do this:

Start > Type: "cmd" in the start search. run: "cmd.exe"

Navigate to the location of your file by typing (assuming it's located at your local disk):
"cd C:\"
or if it's on your desktop:
"cd desktop"

Now find the file names in the directory by typing:
"dir /a /x /p"

Hit enter, then find the name of the file on the right, to the left of the actual file name is it's 8.3 filename, should be something like "xxx~1.JPG" or w/e.

Type:
"del NAME"
replacing NAME with the 8.3 name of the file, should remove it for you.

If that's too confusing, you could just try the Trial version of DelInvFile. It's an overly effective file removal program that runs a bit differently than others. It allows you to select files that cannot be selected by pretty much every other file removal program. Trial is limited to 3 deletes though.

[Funkworkz]

the other programs mentioned didnt work, but going through the command prompt worked great, tyvm!

CC cleaner, killbox, and tuneup utilities were all useful to me even if they didnt remove the files, ty all for the suggestions