Could not find this item when deleteing files

Had a file that needed to be deleted, but would not.  It was 0 bytes and Windows Explorer could not delete it.  The CMD prompt could not see it.  Tried the trick below and it worked.  Kudos to Tachy.




1) Open a Command Prompt.
2) Browse to the folder containing the buggy file.
3) Type 'dir /x' to obtain the 8.3 formatted filename.
4) Delete the file using the 8.3 filename, e.g. 'del NEWDOC~1.DOC'

Hope this information may spread and help other users with the same problem


REFERENCE: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/27924-could-not-find-item-when-deleting-files.html