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Deleting folder with invalid name

 
 
Buddy Ackerman
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      1st Jun 2004
How do I delete a folder with a name like com2 or lpt3? Explorer won't
delete it and I can't delete it with the command line either.




 
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Danny Sanders
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      1st Jun 2004
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000


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"Buddy Ackerman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do I delete a folder with a name like com2 or lpt3? Explorer won't
> delete it and I can't delete it with the command line either.
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Bjorn Landemoo
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      1st Jun 2004
Buddy

See if this MS Knowledge Base article can help you:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=120716

Best regards

Bjorn
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"Buddy Ackerman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>How do I delete a folder with a name like com2 or lpt3? Explorer won't
>delete it and I can't delete it with the command line either.
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