Re: Error Message -Item Not Found-

Hi, rayven_001.

Did you follow the instructions I gave nicjp? What is the name of your shortcut? Most importantly: Exactly HOW did you "try to remove it"? Step by step, please. And please tell us which Vista version you are using.

If "Switch Sound File Converter.lnk" is the name of your shortcut, then you will need to enclose the ENTIRE pathname in quotes to deal with it because it includes space characters - and the quotes must enclose the drive letter, too:
Del "C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Switch Sound File Converter.ink"

Rather than Reply to a very old post, it would be better to start a new one. Copy SOME of the old thread, if it is relative to your problem. But we see SO MANY posts that start off with "I'm having the exact same problem..." and then we find that it's NOT the same problem at all, that we are suspicious of any post that starts that way.

RC
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"rayven_001" <rayven_001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:905C373B-5BD9-40AF-A919-FA80012D3980@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've been having sort of the same experience. I recently downloaded a program
that i didn't like so i uninstalled it. I had later come to find there was
still a shortcut to the program on my desktop. I tried to remove it and ended
up with the same message. Could not find this item
This file is no longer located in C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Switch Sound File
Converter.ink
Verify the location and try again.
I wonder if just simply rebooting would help the issue but idk if i may have
downloaded a virus with this. I've heard with certain things like this
sometimes restarting can make it worse. please excuse my ignorance here i'm
not that great with all of this.

"R. C. White" wrote:

Hi, nicjp.

Thanks for those details. I was hoping someone would jump in, but it looks
like it's just you and me, kid. :^{

Open an Administrator:Command Prompt by right-clicking on Command Prompt and
choosing Run as Administrator. Enter:
cd "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"

That should leave you at the Command Prompt and in that folder; you should
see:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs>

Enter:
dir /x /a

This is the good ol' Dir command from back when folders were Directories,
with two switches. (In a Command Prompt window, type the command name
followed by /? to see mini-Help file showing the switches and parameters
that can be used with that command: dir /?) The /a shows All files and
folders, even those with Hidden or other attributes. And the /x switch
inserts a column between the file size and the LFN (Long File Name) showing
the SFN (Short File Name), also known as the 8.3 filename, for each file and
folder. Long before LFNs were allowed, MS-DOS required every filename to be
no more than 8 characters, plus an optional extension of no more than 3
characters, and some characters were not allowed. But EVERY file and folder
had to have a name that was "legal" by these requirements. Even after LFNs
were invented, every filename still must be convertible into a valid SFN.

In a Command Prompt window, we can use these SFNs, even when we are not sure
of the LFN.

So, find that Monopoly entry in the directory listing and note its SFN.
Maybe it's "monopo~1". If it is a single file, then enter:
del monopo~1

If it is a folder, then:
rd monopo~1 /s

This rd (Remove Directory) command, with the /s switch, will remove the
folder, plus all its files and subfolders, so you will be asked to confirm
that you really want to do this.

If that does not work, please post back with details of what you did and
what results you saw. "I tried it" doesn't tell us much, and neither does
"Didn't work". We need details, like those in your second post.

And please post back if it works, too. ;<)

RC

"nicjp" <nicjp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FA6DD0E0-8C63-4421-9574-6D12C6498711@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> R. C. White,
> I am just trying to delete a folder from my start menu. When I try to
> delete
> it, I get the following message:
>
> The main title in message window is: Item not found
> First line: Could not find this item
> Main Body: This is no longer located in
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Verify the Items
> location and try again.
> Text after main body: Monopoly Here & Now
> Date Created: 10/18/2007 7:13AM
> Also in the window it gives me two options to click: Try again or > Cancel
>
> I can see the folder and it is in this location, it is not hidden, but > for
> some reason I keep getting this message. I have deleted/moved folders > from
> the start menu before. I don't understand why this message keeps coming
> up.
> Thank you for replying and hopefully this reply is more informative.
>
> --nicjp
>
>
>
> "R. C. White" wrote:
>
>> Hi, nicjp.
>>
>> If you tell us the exact name of the file (and the pathname to where >> it
>> resides), we may know what the problem is. Or not.
>>
>> Some files are hidden; some are system files that Vista won't let us >> do
>> much
>> with unless we are THE Administrator, running with "God" privileges.
>> Some
>> files are so important to the system that Vista just won't let us mess
>> with
>> them. And Vista is very reluctant to let us do anything with other
>> users'
>> files, so you may need to take ownership of that file or otherwise
>> convince
>> Vista that you DO have permission to work with it.
>>
>> I could keep guessing for a long time, but it would shorten the >> process
>> if
>> you tell us more explicitly which file and what you are trying to
>> accomplish.
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "nicjp" <nicjp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2B46E37E-4A93-408C-A020-5F72DA2FBE04@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > When trying to remove a file, I keep getting an error, that states >> > the
>> > item
>> > is not found and that windows cannot delete or move the file because >> > it
>> > is
>> > no
>> > in the specified location. I can see the folder, it is there, it >> > just
>> > won't
>> > delete or move to the recycle bin.

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