Thread: Desktop File Won’t Remove or Moved in Windows 7

I start download .rfa file from Firefox but I stop download halfway, which remain 0kb file on desktop. But when I try to remove it, PC shows "Preparing to recycle" and "discovering items", but it never find file. When I attempt to rename file, PC becomes unresponsive and restart explorer. So please tell me how to remove this file from desktop.

Try to remove that file from command window or just delete by using safe mode. This will solve your problem.

To delete this file follow the steps given below:

• Go to Startthen Run, type cmdand press Enter.
• Type these commands in command prompt :

cd desktop
attrib filename.ext

• If S, H or R flags are set, reset them

attrib -s -h -r filename.ext

• Now attempt to remove that file by using following command:

del filename.ext