How to delete an empty file on desktop that Win10 says does not exist

I have a file on my desktop that Windows 10 insists does not exist at that location.
A small snip of the screen showing the file next to my drive icons is attached.
A snip of the error message is also attached when the delete command is attempted from the right-click context menu.

I think part of the problem is that there is a space in the middle of the filename (EDMDC Dig), and there is no file extension. The size of the file is 0 bytes. The file icon is visible on the desktop and listed in any file/directory listing.

There are plenty of supposed solutions on the web about deleting folders and files via the command line, but nothing works. They usually show deleting an empty folder and do not address the empty file issue. I have been unable to find a utility that will do the job either. I have tried and failed to find my exact problem on this forum as well.

The space in the filename, lack of extension, and zero size are perfectly fine and shouldn't cause problems.

When you try to delete the file from the command line are you able to see the file when you do "dir d:\desktop" and what error does it report when you try to delete it?

Code:

PS C:\Users\vm> dir d:\desktop

    Directory: D:\desktop

Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-a----         4/1/2018   6:17 AM              0 EDMDC Dig

PS C:\Users\vm> del 'D:\desktop\EDMDC Dig'

I do run my desktop from my D: drive because of limited space on my solid state boot drive.
Just to be safe I scheduled checks on drives C: & D: after a restart. No errors were reported.
The file still will not delete in Windows with the same error message as in my original post in this thread.
Trying to delete from the command line with "del edmdc" (because I am already in my desktop directory) just gives basically the same error:
del : Cannot find path 'D:\desktop\edmdc' because it does not exist.

If I try deleting the file name with a space (i.e. EDMDC Dig) I get the error message:

Remove-Item : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'dig'.

I still have the problem I started with.

When you do "del edmdc" press TAB to let Windows autocomplete the filename. It should automatically add quotes to handle the "space," which I suspect may not be a normal space character.

PolarNettles said:

When you do "del edmdc" press TAB to let Windows autocomplete the filename. It should automatically add quotes to handle the "space," which I suspect may not be a normal space character.

TAB does not seem to do anything. Cursor does not move.

Does the file show up when you do "dir"?