How do I remove my old Win 7 Users directory? Like:
D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropboxshellext
Win 7 is already gone (I'm basically just cleaning out my old disk). MS is very aggressively preventing me from deleting this folder, though (via Win 10).
How do I get rid of this old stuff?
Thx.
Hmm, nobody knows?
Near as I can tell, it's the last 'shellext' dir that cannot be found:
D:UsersMeAppDataLocal>cacls Microsoft /L /T /G Everyone:F
Are you sure (Y/N)?y
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoft
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindows
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet Files
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualized
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedD
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedDUsers
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedDUsersMe
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedDUsersMeAppData
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedDUsersMeAppDataRoaming
processed dir: D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedDUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox
The system cannot find the file specified.
C'mon, guys, where are the experts here?!
The trailing shellext folder has an empty space at its end, and is actually called "shellext ". But it can't be renamed/removed. Like
rd /s "shellext "
The system cannot find the file specified.
Someone, please help me with this?! Been looking at this for days!
Try opening an elevated ("run as administrator") command prompt and use:
rmdir D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox /s
or maybe:
rmdir "D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox" /s
You might have to use this first if the folder contains hidden or system files:
attrib -h -s D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox /s
or
attrib -h -s "D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox" /s
Try opening an elevated ("run as administrator") command prompt and use:
rmdir D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox /s
or maybe:
rmdir "D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox" /s
You might have to use this first if the folder contains hidden or system files:
attrib -h -s D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox /s
or
attrib -h -s "D:UsersMeAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary Internet FilesVirtualizedCUsersMeAppDataRoamingDropbox" /s
Thanks for your reply.
I tried all of that before (and much more); but the problem is always a "File not found" error when it hits the 'shellext ' folder. Like
takeown /f "shellext " /r /D Y
ERROR: The system cannot find the file specified.
No attributes can be set on it, it can't be renamed (not on prompt, nor in Explorer, nor using 7-Zip or something). And it really has a trailing space (checked that by outputting dir command to file). Nor will a del *.* (on higher directories) work on it.
Maybe boot from a Linux live USB/DVD?
You'll need to deal with it outside Windows permissions. Hence NavyLCDR's suggestion of using a boot disk.
You could also use a Win 10 installation medium and boot to a command prompt, or from Win 10, SHIFT + Restart and navigate to a command prompt via Troubleshoot.
I must admit I'm not that familiar with how to mount an NTFS disk under Linux. (Been running a FreeBSD server for years, but that didn't include adding Windoze disks).Maybe boot from a Linux live USB/DVD?
