
It turns out the problem was: the filename ended with a dot, e.g. And a CHKDSK didn't sort thing out either. Even going to the file's properties to check permissions presented a very blank properties dialog.


Verify the item's location and try again. Note: Windows 7's version of this message is something like: Could not find this item: This is no longer located in C: Blah. Attempting to delete them results in ' Error Deleting File or Folder - Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk'. One of our file shares ended up with several undelete-able files. I've finally solved a problem that's been bugging me for years.
