Can't delete folder with desktop.ini folder inside it

I have a D:/folder folder and I can't delete it.

The folder is apparently empty. However, when I try to delete it from Windows 10, nothing happens, no error, but folder doesn't disappear.

From the command line, I use the dir /a command and I can see that there is a desktop.ini folder (not file) with date 17/11/8725 inside my undeletable folder.

However, I cannot remove it with rd desktop.ini, nor can I open it (dir desktop.ini).

My disk is NTFS.

Other information:

• I was able to rename the folder and move it to a parent directory, this is, from D:/something/something/initialfolder to D:/folder.
• When I try to delete it from cmd the error message is The directory name is invalid.
• When I try to dir it from cd the error message is:

Volume in Drive D is (drive name)

Volume Serial Number is (serialnumber)

Directory of D:\folder\desktop.ini

File Not Found

Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

Checkdisk utility finds no error on the disk.

2 Answers

To me this is suspicious and suggests malware.

The invalid year in the date is a sure sign that something abnormal has occurred. Since your disk check is normal, you should run a Windows Defender scan of your computer.

If Windows Defender doesn't find anything, do another full scan using the free Malwarebytes edition.

Hard disk drive seems to be phisically faulty. Finally I bought a new HDD and I could copy all folders but that ghostly "desktop.ini" folder.