Press the Windows key + R and type cmd to open the Command Prompt. I SHOULD be able to preview the document, rename it, hit tab and move on to the next. Close any open programs and try deleting the file again. If I have to open each document to see what it is, then close it, rename it, then open the next tome, and then repeat this over a hundred times, it becomes a HUGE waste of time. At any given time, I might have 100+ documents in this folder that need to be renamed. Our law office is trying to go paperless, so when we get correspondence in the mail, it is scanned into a common folder where it gets renamed and then moved to the appropriate client folder. But that still leaves it in the solution explorer. When I right click on it, I see an option to 'exclude' it from the project. I don't understand how other software developers have figured out a way to allow renaming or deleting a PDF file while previewing it, and Adobe and Microsoft can't put their tiny brains together and figure it out, but still manage to charge an arm and a leg for their products. I have a file in my solution explorer that I no longer want.

And Options > Folder and Search Options Under Folder Options click on the View tab, now under Hidden Files and folder check the Show hidden files, folders, and drives. Open Windows File Explorer by pressing Windows + E, and click on the View from the ribbon menu. This is an issue that has been present for YEARS, and it's still not fixed. Deleting Desktop.ini is very simple like deleting other files.

Sorry, but the 'don't use the preview pane,' 'use another file manager,' or 'don't ever plan on recovering your deleted file' aren't viable work-arounds for as much as we pay for this product.

Can t delete file from desktop