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Unable to delete iCloud files on PC (invalid handle error)

Hello. I'm running iCloud for PC (10.9.3) on Windows 10 (build 18363). I am using iCloud to sync PC files with iCloud to access them from iPhone and iPad. I can delete, move and otherwise manipulate the files on iPhone and iPad. If I try to delete them on my PC, however, I receive an invalid handle error (screenshot attached). Basically, if I want to delete PC files synced with iCloud, I have to do it from my iPhone. It's an issue I can work around except for the fact that a number of temporary (*.tmp) files are being generated and can't be deleted. I've used prior issues of iCloud for PC where this hadn't happened. Hopefully this issue will be fixed in a future release. Thoughts?

Posted on May 3, 2020 12:52 PM

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Posted on May 3, 2020 1:37 PM

And now I'll answer my own question. Went back to "Download iCloud for Windows" page and disregarded the Microsoft Store version which I had been using. I had previously missed the link to the icloud.exe file which is noted as being offered if using Windows 7 or 8 (attached image with red arrow). I installed it and it works extremely well on Windows 10. Will need to see if issues arise but a least I can delete files now (including the accumulated *.tmp's). I'd been dealing with this issue for about 3 weeks when I originally reinstalled iCloud for Windows. Sometimes it helps to leave the issue and reattack it from a different approach.

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