Mystery Folder!!! Help!

[shannan1023]

A few days ago a mystery folder appeared on my desktop. Neither my husband nor I noticed when exactly it showed up. The folder is empty and has no name and cannot be deleted. I have tried several clean up utilities and nothing has gotten rid of it. Although it does not seem to be effecting my computer, I fear that it may at some point. I am running Win XP.

 

[s0me0ne]

whats the message when you try to delete it? it could be 'in use' (stupid stupid windows!) so try booting safe mode and deleting it. define clean up utilities for me do you still have a my documents folder on your desktop? is it possible that this folder is it and its currupted some how?

 

[joshd]

is this one of those things where the name is a special character, a space, typed using alt+something or other that cannot be reomved though windows?

try getting rid of it using the command prompt, using the "rmdir"

 

[vaderpro]

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