Unable To Delete Invalid Shortcuts And Paths Of Deleted Files

I am also facing a similiar issue, like given in the thread - Cannot delete shortcut file

I cant deleted some invalid paths and shortcuts in the system....

Here when I open any application and try to insert or open a file for that application, I am facing the problem.

For Example,

In VLC Player, I click on Media --> Open File

This gives you the Box to select the file you want and in the bottom of that small window in the " File name " box, you will be having a drop down box to select the file.

Here all the deleted files are listed with the file name and path, which was deleted months ago...

When you select the file it says, "Path does not exist, try again"

So, I think all the invalid shortcuts are stored some where in the system, which displays there.

So we need to deleted that particular cache.

I found out that there is something called " Indexed Cache " in Vista, which saves all the shortcuts as the files are stored.

I need to find out how to delete the file shortcuts from that location.


Similiar issue is there in Outlook 2007, when I compose a new message and insert file.

It gives the drop down box like the above issue with all the deleted files path.


I tried rebuilding the Indexing Options as advised before.

It didnt work.

I performed all the basic steps, like deleting cookies,temp files from system,ran chkdsk,disk cleanup, and also used some popular and unpopular cleaning software and nothing worked.