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I am trying to delete "Games" folder. Folder size is huge. But it's not deleting. Even not showing a message.

If I try to delete using cmd. But it shows another error.

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What should I do now?

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Per the answers in this question, the Windows API simply cannot handle certain odd characters. The accepted answer offers that you can try chkdsk. The other option is to boot to a Linux LiveCD that can handle the names, access the hard drive from the LiveCD, and rename them.

Edit: Misread your screenshot. Removed my reference to your C:\ drive.

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Here are a few things that you can try:

  • run chkdsk on your D: drive and then reboot your computer and try again. I'm running linux, so I can't verify, but as I recall the command should be chkdsk D: /f
  • If that doesn't work, try downloading Eraser and using eraser to delete the folder. It deletes the folders/files where they can't be recovered, but I've had cases where it will delete files that Windows isn't able to using normal means.
  • If that doesn't work, you may have to download a linux live CD and burn it to a disk/boot off of it.

I haven't personally run into this issue before, but hopefully one of these things will help you clear these files off of your drive.

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