Solved mpg file comes up in search but cannot find it

larsand · Mar 11, 2009

I have some mpg files that I have burned to dvd and deleted from the folder. When I do a search for *.mpg those files show up in the search window. Then when I go to delete those from the search window, I get an error "Item could not be found". The files are actually gone, but shows up in the search window and cannot be removed. Are these tags or what?

How can this be cleaned up.

Thanks.

Brink · Mar 11, 2009

Hello Larsand, and welcome to Vista Forums.

It sounds like it may just be that the Index has not finished updating itself yet since it normally only runs slowly in the background during low or no usage of the computer. Rebuilding the index will force it to update now and should remove the files that were deleted afterwards from the index list.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

larsand · Mar 12, 2009

Hello Shawn-
That was the problem. It is fixed. Thanks a Lot!

Brink · Mar 12, 2009

You're welcome Larsand.

benoy.ad · Mar 14, 2009

good info, thanks shawn

Brink · Mar 14, 2009

You're welcome Benoy.ad.

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