Cannot delete file, apparently it isn't there.

[Lyon85]

I've got a file that has appeared in My Documents, it is named after my account; "Stephen%20Lyon."

It weighs 0kb, has no file extension, and apparently doesn't exist. In XP I get: "Cannot read from the source file or disk" when I try to delete it, if I boot into Win7 I get a similar error, something along the lines of 'Cannot find file, please check the directory'.

I have tried booting into another OS to get rid and used using a CMD line to delete it (with explorer.exe disabled).

It is not read only, and I can't hide it either (I would settle for that).

I hate it.

I really hate it.

It really does drive me nuts!

Any suggestions?

 

[Lyon85]

Try this but be damn careful with it.

http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm

Ah, brilliant! Many thanks. Thanks for the other suggestions too.

I had tried a few things, like unlocker. The file wasn't locked in any way, it turns out that the file name was invalid as it ended with a full stop (.) and had no extension.

Ruddy thing has been getting on my wick for weeks.