Hi,

I just downloaded a directory in which there is a
directory named "This..." from a Linux server.

Now, I want to delete this directory but I found it
always failed by directly select it and "DEL". It
prompts "It can not be openned".

How could I do it?

thanks in advance.

james

Hi James,

The following should work for you. From a command prompt
type:

del "\\?\c:\this..."

assuming that it is located in c:\. If not, replace the
c:\ with the appropriate full path. You need the quotes,
and you need the \\?\ before the path for NT path escaping.

good luck,
-jasong

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I just downloaded a directory in which there is a
>directory named "This..." from a Linux server.
>
>Now, I want to delete this directory but I found it
>always failed by directly select it and "DEL". It
>prompts "It can not be openned".
>
>How could I do it?
>
>thanks in advance.
>
>james
>.
>

Thanks your help, but it does not work.

the path for that directory is:
f:\temp\this..., and tried several times with

del "\\?\f:\temp\this..."

it prompted "Could not find \\?\f:\temp\this..."

I'm using Chinese version WinXP with SP1 installed.




>-----Original Message-----
>Hi James,
>
>The following should work for you. From a command prompt
>type:
>
>del "\\?\c:\this..."
>
>assuming that it is located in c:\. If not, replace the
>c:\ with the appropriate full path. You need the quotes,
>and you need the \\?\ before the path for NT path
escaping.
>
>good luck,
>-jasong
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>I just downloaded a directory in which there is a
>>directory named "This..." from a Linux server.
>>
>>Now, I want to delete this directory but I found it
>>always failed by directly select it and "DEL". It
>>prompts "It can not be openned".
>>
>>How could I do it?
>>
>>thanks in advance.
>>
>>james
>>.
>>
>.
>