I HAVE AND FTP SERVER WITH ANONYMOUS CONNECTION AND
SUDDENLY MANY FILES STARTED APEARING I TRIED DELETING THEM
AND THIS EROOR MESSAGE COMES UP CANNOT DELETE (C)
COPYRIGHT XXX.XXX:CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE MAKE SURE
YOU SPECIFIED THE CORRECT PATH AND FILE NAME.

ALSO I CAN NOT VIEW WHAT IS TAKING 3.6 GIG OF SPACE IN
THIS FOLDER.

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Use this article to remove the files. You may have to Stop FTP.
120716 How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=120716

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."
"DLA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:196e01c3e02b$67492bd0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I HAVE AND FTP SERVER WITH ANONYMOUS CONNECTION AND
> SUDDENLY MANY FILES STARTED APEARING I TRIED DELETING THEM
> AND THIS EROOR MESSAGE COMES UP CANNOT DELETE (C)
> COPYRIGHT XXX.XXX:CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE MAKE SURE
> YOU SPECIFIED THE CORRECT PATH AND FILE NAME.
>
> ALSO I CAN NOT VIEW WHAT IS TAKING 3.6 GIG OF SPACE IN
> THIS FOLDER.
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

DLA wrote:

> I HAVE AND FTP SERVER WITH ANONYMOUS CONNECTION AND
> SUDDENLY MANY FILES STARTED APEARING I TRIED DELETING THEM
> AND THIS EROOR MESSAGE COMES UP CANNOT DELETE (C)
> COPYRIGHT XXX.XXX:CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE MAKE SURE
> YOU SPECIFIED THE CORRECT PATH AND FILE NAME.
>
> ALSO I CAN NOT VIEW WHAT IS TAKING 3.6 GIG OF SPACE IN
> THIS FOLDER.
>
> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Turn off ALL CAPS; it's annoying & doesn't help your cause.

What ftp service are you using? What version?
What SP level on W2K?

Random thoughts:
1. Shut down the ftp service.
2. Open a command prompt, and change dir to the one that
contains the "(C)..." files you can't delete. Move any
legit files somewhere else. Enter
del /s /f *.*
3. Enter
dir /ah
and
dir /ad
to see if there are any hidden files/folders. Take ownership
of them (if any). Repeat step 2.

-Jeremy

What is the folder name?
--

good computing,
don
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"DLA" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:196e01c3e02b$67492bd0$(E-Mail Removed)...
I HAVE AND FTP SERVER WITH ANONYMOUS CONNECTION AND
SUDDENLY MANY FILES STARTED APEARING I TRIED
DELETING THEM
AND THIS EROOR MESSAGE COMES UP CANNOT DELETE (C)
COPYRIGHT XXX.XXX:CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE
MAKE SURE
YOU SPECIFIED THE CORRECT PATH AND FILE NAME.

ALSO I CAN NOT VIEW WHAT IS TAKING 3.6 GIG OF SPACE
IN
THIS FOLDER.

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

THANK YOU FOR YOU HELP, I DID IT THE ONLY THING IS THAT
THE FOLDERS SHOW WHEN I DO DIR /AD AND WANT TO KNOW HOW DO
I TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THESE FOLDERS TO ERASE THEM.

THANK YOU
>-----Original Message-----
>DLA wrote:
>
>> I HAVE AND FTP SERVER WITH ANONYMOUS CONNECTION AND
>> SUDDENLY MANY FILES STARTED APEARING I TRIED DELETING
THEM
>> AND THIS EROOR MESSAGE COMES UP CANNOT DELETE (C)
>> COPYRIGHT XXX.XXX:CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE MAKE
SURE
>> YOU SPECIFIED THE CORRECT PATH AND FILE NAME.
>>
>> ALSO I CAN NOT VIEW WHAT IS TAKING 3.6 GIG OF SPACE IN
>> THIS FOLDER.
>>
>> ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED
>
>Turn off ALL CAPS; it's annoying & doesn't help your
cause.
>
>What ftp service are you using? What version?
>What SP level on W2K?
>
>Random thoughts:
>1. Shut down the ftp service.
>2. Open a command prompt, and change dir to the one that
> contains the "(C)..." files you can't delete. Move
any
> legit files somewhere else. Enter
> del /s /f *.*
>3. Enter
> dir /ah
> and
> dir /ad
> to see if there are any hidden files/folders. Take
ownership
> of them (if any). Repeat step 2.
>
>-Jeremy
>
>.
>

DLA wrote:

> THANK YOU FOR YOU HELP, I DID IT THE ONLY THING IS THAT
> THE FOLDERS SHOW WHEN I DO DIR /AD AND WANT TO KNOW HOW DO
> I TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THESE FOLDERS TO ERASE THEM.

What part of "Turn off ALL CAPS" did you not understand?

-Jeremy


PS. Download XCACLS from MS:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...g/xcacls-o.asp
Install it, and learn how to use it. (Enter "XCACLS /?" at a cmd prompt.)
Hint: the /G option with the 'O' spec should be of interest.

i understand that what i do not know how to do is to take
ownership of the folders that show after dir/ ad
>-----Original Message-----
>DLA wrote:
>
>> THANK YOU FOR YOU HELP, I DID IT THE ONLY THING IS THAT
>> THE FOLDERS SHOW WHEN I DO DIR /AD AND WANT TO KNOW HOW
DO
>> I TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THESE FOLDERS TO ERASE THEM.
>
>What part of "Turn off ALL CAPS" did you not understand?
>
>-Jeremy
>
>
>PS. Download XCACLS from MS:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000.../reskit/tools/
existing/xcacls-o.asp
> Install it, and learn how to use it.
(Enter "XCACLS /?" at a cmd prompt.)
> Hint: the /G option with the 'O' spec should be of
interest.
>
>
>.
>

DLA wrote:

> i understand that what i do not know how to do is to take
> ownership of the folders that show after dir/ ad

See the postscript of my previous post, repeated here for
your convenience:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >[...]
> >-Jeremy
> >
> >PS. Download XCACLS from MS:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...g/xcacls-o.asp
> > Install it, and learn how to use it. (Enter "XCACLS /?" at a cmd prompt.)
> > Hint: the /G option with the 'O' spec should be of interest.

XCACLS dir_name /T /E /C /G YourUserID:O