Files wont delete off my desktop
 

long story short

i deleted some picture files off my desktop...they went in my recycle bin and i deleted them.....

but for some reason the images files still remained on my desktop. im able to move them around, but i am unable to relocate them or delete them(it says 'unable to locate file')

so the image of the file is there.....but techinically it doesnt exist...has this happened to anyone before?

porn?

Yeah that shit has happened to me before.

The first time it happened, it fucking stayed there on the desktop and there was absolutely no way for me to remove it. I tried every damn trick in the book and it wouldn't budge.

I reformatted.

The second time it happened I refreshed my desktop by pressing F5 and they disappeared. It happens every now and then but when I notice it not deleting (even though I know it has) I refresh the desktop.

Good luck if you can find a fix for it.

not porn




hmmmmm....this is annoying haha

EDIT: HOLY SHIT f5 worked......thank you so MUCH!

does anyone know why this happens?

No idea. But it's an asshole.

Windows simply thinks that the file is there when it isn't. Were you doing something while deleting the files?

restart computer and try to delete it?

no nothing out of the ordinary.....just highlighted a bunch of picture files and dragged them to the recycle bin.....then they images of the files remained after i deleted them..

that fixed my recycle bin showing it was full when it was empty

thnx :D