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The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found. (Error code -43)

Get this message when trying to delete a specific file:

The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found.

(Error code -43)

Only seems to be for this one file.

How can I delete this file?

Thanks

iamc, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 14, 2014 5:36 AM

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Posted on May 14, 2014 7:16 AM

Restart the computer and see whether it goes away.

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Dec 1, 2015 9:28 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thank you! Instead of deleting a file, I've been trying to move a huge chunk of folders to an external hard drive to archive the files. Ran disk utility a couple of times and nothing. The key was restarting! I restarted, and POOF! Everything went where I wanted it to without the frustrating "error -43" telling me some or all of the files were not there.

The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found. (Error code -43)

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