go to a 32 bit command line window and do "del 0303*".

--
Gary G. Little
Seagate Technologies, LLC

"Ghandi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0bee01c38858$3adeb7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> There are some BIG files that were put on my system by
> someone who got in through FTP that I can not delete.
> For example when I try to delete "030316834745 ", I get
> the following error:
>
> Error: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source file
> or disk.
>
>

A couple more options in case Gary's solution isn't enough :
1. Start renaming the nested folders to something short - one character.
Keep going deeper into the folder tree until you have something short enough
for Explorer to delete.
2. If you have 8.3 short names enabled, you can use "dir /x" at the cmdline.
If you have really long directory names, this could give you a short enough
name that you can delete (or "rd /s") outright.

--
Drew Cooper [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Gary G. Little" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:vLGeb.1421$(E-Mail Removed)...
> go to a 32 bit command line window and do "del 0303*".
>
> --
> Gary G. Little
> Seagate Technologies, LLC
>
> "Ghandi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0bee01c38858$3adeb7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > There are some BIG files that were put on my system by
> > someone who got in through FTP that I can not delete.
> > For example when I try to delete "030316834745 ", I get
> > the following error:
> >
> > Error: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source file
> > or disk.
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks Drew. Your suggestion of using dir /x was the
ticket. The actual file/folder names which were much
different than then appear using windows or dir. Once
revealed I could use rmdir and del to remove them.


>-----Original Message-----
>A couple more options in case Gary's solution isn't
enough :
>1. Start renaming the nested folders to something short -
one character.
>Keep going deeper into the folder tree until you have
something short enough
>for Explorer to delete.
>2. If you have 8.3 short names enabled, you can
use "dir /x" at the cmdline.
>If you have really long directory names, this could give
you a short enough
>name that you can delete (or "rd /s") outright.
>
>--
>Drew Cooper [MSFT]
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"Gary G. Little" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message
>news:vLGeb.1421$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> go to a 32 bit command line window and do "del 0303*".
>>
>> --
>> Gary G. Little
>> Seagate Technologies, LLC
>>
>> "Ghandi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0bee01c38858$3adeb7c0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > There are some BIG files that were put on my system by
>> > someone who got in through FTP that I can not delete.
>> > For example when I try to delete "030316834745 ", I
get
>> > the following error:
>> >
>> > Error: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source
file
>> > or disk.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>