[windows2000] Re: Can't delete a folder
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:54:47 +0100
Ray Costanzo <> wrote on Monday, March 12, 2007 12:47 PM:
Tried Unlocker?
> Hi list,
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> I have a folder that I cannot delete from a W2K machine. I believe it has
> a character in the name that is causing the problem, but I can't figure out
> what the character is. (It's not a reserved name. The name of the
> directory is "How Did I Get Here." The folder was created by a program
> that creates folders based on album names, and this album name has a ? at
> the end, so I reckon it attempted to put a ? in the name and messed up
> something.) Any attempt to remove the directory in Windows Explorer gives
> the "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk." error.
> Any attempt to delete from the command prompt gives the "The system cannot
> find the file specified." error.
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> I've used the cmd trick in the past of referencing the object by
> \\.\drive:\path <file:///\\.\drive:\path> , but that also gives the same
> error. Can't rename it or anything either. Any suggestions?
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> Thank you,
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> Ray at work
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