Cannot delete cannot find specified file windows xp

Thanks for your feedback. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi Murphy, Welcome to the Microsoft Community. The DLLs were non existent nvidia drivers from a previous video card. The uninstall didn't remove this value it seems.

The load failure only made start service service fail Thanks Chris. Chen for posting this, this helped fix a problem with the 'Server' - LanManServer service not starting due to 'Specified File is missing' Error 2. I would advise that if you do not know of the system registry within Windows, then do not play around with it. I don't have a Parameters folder, either Even engaging MS isn't helping as of yet SO annoying So, with your reply I verified registry in the following location.

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This error occurred in five windows servers Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified Windows Event Log service could not start. I did a test, and I believe it is a hotfix that was applied. Now the question is what is the hotfix that is causing this problem. Tuesday, January 19, PM. Plz i need help. Wednesday, January 20, PM. Hummmm anyone? Thursday, January 21, AM.

Chen Hope this helps. Proposed as answer by thomasvdb Friday, May 20, PM. Thursday, April 28, AM. Tuesday, June 28, PM. Thanks very much Chris.. Your solution really helped me in fixing this bad guy.. Thanks for the info.. This worked for me Tried this but didn't work for me. Thursday, May 28, AM. Thursday, June 4, AM.

It worked! Note to others Thursday, June 18, PM. Didn't work until I put a space at the end before end quotes. Saturday, July 25, AM. Saturday, September 5, AM. This worked for me Brilliant! I have been trying to delete a folder that does not exist according to Windows for ages and your suggestion worked perfectly. Many thanks. Wednesday, September 9, PM. Old post I know but this one helpen me removing the last Windows 7 leftovers while upgrading tot Windows Wednesday, September 23, PM.

Thanks Rayza Your solution worked like a charm for me. Thanks again. Saturday, September 26, PM. Proposed as answer by deletefile Wednesday, December 30, PM. Friday, October 23, PM. Thank you so much! Monday, November 2, AM. Thanks This worked for me. Wednesday, November 18, PM.

First off, I'd like to thank Rayza73 for posting the solution to this issue. Wednesday, December 2, AM. Best answer. Wednesday, December 30, PM. I have the folder that's empty and it was previously used for temporary exchange backup dump. Tuesday, January 19, AM.

Thanks, Rayza73! I've been looking long and hard for a solution to this issue. Monday, February 1, PM. Friday, February 12, PM. Just like everyone else. I locked up some folders using bad robocopy syntax and was about to hit the bottle hard.

Then I dug a long time online to find the fix. This wiped it. Thanks Rayza. I'm just curious how it works now. Saturday, February 13, AM. Sunday, March 20, PM. Friday, April 8, PM. Took me a second. This might help you guys, give it a try. Thursday, May 12, AM. Solved my problem on Window R2. Saturday, June 11, AM. Tuesday, July 5, AM.

You deserve a statue! Tuesday, August 2, PM. Thank you Rayza73, had this issue and it worked for me on Win 10 machine. Monday, September 12, AM. Wednesday, September 14, AM. This worked for me, tnx alot for the solution. Thursday, November 17, AM.

This was the only solution to work for me as well. Thank you so much for your answer! Thursday, December 22, PM. This worked for me Thanks for this!!!! I've been fighting this issue for years. Friggen OSX allows file names with periods and spaces at the end.

Not to mention other funky characters. Clearly an SMB issue on their end. In some cases I had to sacrifice the parent folder but this finally cleaned up all that garbage. I find it odd that DFS is able to replicate these items as well a delete them with no issue. Friday, January 6, PM. Worked Perfectly!!! Wednesday, January 11, AM. Try to relocate your folder instead of deleting it off! I have done the same! CUT and Paste somewhere else!

Tuesday, February 7, PM. I've been searching the web for 2 days now, tried a lof of methods but none of them worked, then I found your solution. Thank you very much! Wednesday, February 15, PM. I can also confirm that Rayza73's solution worked like a charm when nothing else did. Saturday, February 18, PM.

This worked for me Thanks! Sunday, February 19, AM. It worked for me. Thank you Rayza Thursday, March 2, PM. This one worked for me. Tuesday, March 21, PM. Saturday, April 1, PM. That worked for me too. There was a space at the end of the folder name. Wednesday, April 12, PM. This worked for me Worked for me too. Tuesday, April 18, AM. Nguyen 0. I had exactly the same problem and your solution helped. Thanks a lot. Thursday, April 20, PM. I used Rayza73's method and it worked like a charm.

Scandisk didn't fix it. Monday, April 24, PM. Hi Steve, Im writing to you since other posts are fairly old. Help if you dont mind. Tuesday, May 9, PM. This worked for me excluding the space at the end, thanks. Saturday, May 13, PM. Thanks Rayza73 for this solution : Worked for me on a Server R2. Thursday, June 22, PM. Thanks for the solution. Funnily it didn't work in a Powershell, only in CMD. Friday, July 28, AM. The file name started with a square bracket, and thinking this might be part of the problem I tried del "[ followed by the tab key.

Edited by clairmatin Saturday, July 29, PM added line. Saturday, July 29, PM. Saturday, August 12, PM. RemoveItemCommand But moving up one folder to 'M' worked. Sunday, August 13, PM. Thanks man. It worked as described! Sunday, October 15, PM. That worked for me after trying all sorts of things, Mine didn't need the space at the end.

Wednesday, November 1, PM. Rayza73 Solution works, however one gotcha on the new Windows 10 right clicking on start only gives you Windows Powershell now and I can confirm that it does NOT work. So, open up cmd. Friday, November 24, PM. Head similar problem with deleting some files not folders. Tuesday, February 6, AM. Its working!!! Thank You..!!! Wednesday, March 7, PM. Wednesday, March 14, PM. Worked for me too.

Friday, March 16, PM. Saturday, March 17, PM. Thanks, this worked for me finally delete a "con" name folder win7x Friday, March 23, PM.

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