can't delete folder created with Robocopy (solution provided)

I thought to share, perhaps can save someoene else an hour or 2...

I had a pickle of a time deleting a destination folder on my drive that I created by an incorrect syntax of robocopy.

here is what I ran:

robocopy "c:\sourcefolder" "d:\destfolder /s /e"

Notice that i put the quote AFTER the /s /e options, (correct syntax should have been:  robocopy "c:\sourcefolder" "d:\destfolder" /s /e

If you run that though, (with the wrong syntax), you get a folder on the destination side that you can NOT delete.  (not from explorer, command prompt, etc..)

After an hour or so of chkdsk's, lots of rmdir, re-applying permissions, installing unlockers, rebooting into safeomde, etc.. I finally figured it out.

You have to type from the command prompt:

rmdir /s "d:\destfolder /"

Hope this helps someone.

-E