I have a mysterious folder on my desktop that I want to delete but I keep getting, "Error Deleting File or Folder. Cannot remove folder: The directory is not empty." Inside the folder is another folder, and inside that one is another folder, and so on, all empty except for another folder. This goes on about 8 times until I get to what appears to be another folder called Setup, which I can't open, and when I right click it I only have the option to Open, Explore, Search, or Send To. There is no Properties or delete option. When I highlight it and press delete on my keyboard nothing happens, not even an error. I have tried Killbox and Unlocker but they don't seem to work. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help.

Try deleting when you are in Windows Safe-Mode.

Also Search the web for a program called
MoveOnBoot

I tried both of your suggestions but I get the same error in Safe Mode and MoveOnBoot didn't do anything. Thanks anyway.

Try this:

1. Click Start > Run, type CMD and press Enter. From the prompt type CD %userprofile%\Desktop and press Enter, now type del name (where name is the file to be removed, e.g. abc.def) and press Enter. This should remove the file. If it does not, then keep the command prompt open and
2. Hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager. On the Processes Tab, select the explorer.exe process and end it to halt the desktop. Switch to the command prompt window and retry the del command. Now go to the Application Tab of Task Manager and pick 'New Task'. Enter explorer.exe and click 'OK' to restart the desktop.

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MoveOnBoot will not remove folders only the contents.

Use Unlocker as Per suggested...

Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity...

Try using bootable cd
you get window free invironment
and here you can remove that folder
if it is empty
command c:\rd <folder name >

ok everyone. All I have to say is that the unlocker worked perfectly. I had this annoying file which tagged along in an email and now its gone hurray and thanks "per"