LimeMaster Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Does anyone get this? When you create or modify a folder it comes up with the message "Could not find item this item" then when you click Try Again it works like it should :s It only seems to do this on the desktop The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZakO Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Never happened to me, what are your exact steps to reproduce the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted January 4, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted January 4, 2013 Haven't seen it before. What are the permissions of the Desktop folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt4444 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Had this is Windows 7 occasionally, can't remember what the solution was. Could possibly be your hard drive failing or bad sectors? Or perhaps your disk is getting full? Do you have full rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Creating a folder on the desktop brings up this error every time It also does it if you rename an existing folder on the desktop The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Does anyone get this? When you create or modify a folder it comes up with the message "Could not find item this item" then when you click Try Again it works like it should :s It only seems to do this on the desktop I have a similar problem with a folder I created not so long ago, but not on the desktop, but on an external Drive. I tried deleting the folder, but it won't go away. Even though the folder is blank (NO HIDDEN CONTENT), it won't be deleted. I even try taking ownership to no avail. I think the fastest way to solve this is either booting to linux (which I'm very lazy to try this out) and deleting the folder from there, or formatting the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I am puzzled at if this is a "genuine" Windows warning message. "Could not find this item (no full stop)" and "THIS is no longer located" - how can that get past Microsoft's quality checks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 BTW, I think you need to refresh the desktop. Press F5. This usually happens when the OS does not auto-refresh itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 BTW, I think you need to refresh the desktop. Press F5. This usually happens when the OS does not auto-refresh itself. Didn't seem to affect it I am puzzled at if this is a "genuine" Windows warning message. "Could not find this item (no full stop)" and "THIS is no longer located" - how can that get past Microsoft's quality checks? I don't know but it worked fine on Windows 7 so I think they messed up somewhere whislt removing stuff Haven't seen it before. What are the permissions of the Desktop folder? It has full access The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKAngel Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 was this an upgrade? to windows 8 from 7 or clean install i can create rename delte folders perfectly fine on my desktop definatly sure drive isnt failing? chkdsk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 was this an upgrade? to windows 8 from 7 or clean install i can create rename delte folders perfectly fine on my desktop definatly sure drive isnt failing? chkdsk? Upgrade Windows claims the drive is alright The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Wagyu Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Not sure if it's related but sometimes finished downloads in Firefox fail to write the file to the Desktop in Windows 7, something about not having permission to write or similar. Second attempt it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badb0y Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 use RD /S in cmd by running it as admin. I had the same problem and this fixed. here's in detail: 1. Open command prompt (CMD) as admin. (Run it as admin) 2. Go to the Dir where that folder is located which you wanna delete. ( I hope ya all know how to do this... [cd c:] [cd users] [cd user name] [cd desktop] etc. ) 3. Once you are in that dir, which contains that folder. Type : RD /S Folder Name and upon confirmation, press Y and press enter that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmehdi Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I hope ya all know how to do this... [cd c:] [cd users] [cd user name] [cd desktop] etc. Just create a batch file (.bat) , with cmd command, it goes directly to the folder where you put the batch file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 was this an upgrade? to windows 8 from 7 or clean install i can create rename delte folders perfectly fine on my desktop definatly sure drive isnt failing? chkdsk? OK so it seems after performing a chkdsk and a restart it seems to have sorted it :) The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Didn't seem to affect it I don't know but it worked fine on Windows 7 so I think they messed up somewhere whislt removing stuff It has full access My post was actually in regards to the grammar used. Using the word "this" above is just not up to Microsoft's standards - how did it pass through quality assurance? Never in the history of WIndows has there been grammatical errors. "Could not find THIS item" - what item? And no full stop. "THIS is no longer located..." - the word "this" should be replaced with the respective file/folders name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 My post was actually in regards to the grammar used. Using the word "this" above is just not up to Microsoft's standards - how did it pass through quality assurance? Never in the history of WIndows has there been grammatical errors. "Could not find THIS item" - what item? And no full stop. "THIS is no longer located..." - the word "this" should be replaced with the respective file/folders name. Opps must have misread the post :s Also Vista had quite a few grammer/spelling issues Just look through the old posts on http://www.aerotaskforce.com/ The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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