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How delete a file with an asterisk in the filename?

 
 
Thomas Podlesak
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      10th Oct 2003
The filename is "dbb~4*.jpg" and I canīt delete it on a Win2000
Server.
The file comes from a MAC.
Any idea how to get rid of it?
 
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_Daniel Sullivan
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      10th Oct 2003
Try renaming it and deleting it, or mount the volume from a Mac and delete
it from there.

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> The filename is "dbb~4*.jpg" and I canīt delete it on a Win2000
> Server.
> The file comes from a MAC.
> Any idea how to get rid of it?



 
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Gary G. Little
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      10th Oct 2003
Did you try :

"del dbb~4?.jpg"

Gary

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> The file comes from a MAC.
> Any idea how to get rid of it?



 
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Britten Martin [MSFT]
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      14th Oct 2003
Thomas...

Looks like you have been given some good ideas already. Here is a KB
written for XP. The same rules apply ...

315226 How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows XP
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q315226


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