Need Help Removing a Stubborn File

[thirty9th]

I recently downloaded a piece of software. However, when asked to save the file, I accidentally appended the file with a '.' extension, so I canceled the download. Apparently this makes Windows flip shit, because I get the following error whenever I try to delete the file normally:

This is no longer located in C:\Users\myName\Downloads. Verify the item's location and try again.

Type: File
Size: 0 bytes

I tried running cmd as an administrator and removing the file directly, which didn't work. In addition, I tried deleting it's containing folder, 'Downloads', and got the message that permission is denied. This part really concerned me.

Any ideas on how to remove this bugger?

I appreciate any and all help.

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Additional info:
- Windows 7 32-bit

[editline]Fasdfasd[/editline]

[B]Resolved[/B] using an old technique I had forgotten about.

Getting my error? Nifty little trick...

- Run cmd as an administrator
- Navigate to the directory with the offending file
- Type dir to show the contents, but add '/x' as a flag (ex 'dir /x')
- Find the file listed: next to it should be it's 8.3-name (I think it's called)
- It should look something like FILENAME~0 or similar
- Use the del command with that name instead of the regular name (ex 'del FILENAME~0')

Hope anyone else who encounters this problem can find this method.

[Danneh]

Try deleting it in safe mode