Thanks Sharon, but moving up the folder chain didn't work. Any other
sugestions?

-matthew

"Sharon F" wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:07:07 -0800, matthew wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to delete a folder, but when I do, it tells me that it cannot find
> > a folder that existed within than folder that I delete a long time ago.
> >
> > so for example: I'm trying to delete D:\Incoming\new folder but it's telling
> > me it cannot because D:\Incoming\new folder\sort cannot be found.
> > Specifically the error message refers to the folder within the folder and
> > says "Cannot Find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path
> > and file name."
>
> When this happens, I move down a level, delete, then move up. In other
> words, go to D:\Incoming\new folder\ and delete its contents. Then move up
> the directory tree and delete \new folder\.
>
> While you are currently getting a message about a non-existent folder, I've
> found that the error messages on failed delete operations are not very
> accurate in general. Reason for what's happening could be a mix of factors
> such as (but not limited to) varied permissions on contents -or- system
> restore getting in the way by creating duplicates of monitored files and
> folders before processing the delete request.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
>