Can't delete file from server

[James]

I have a file on my W2k server - When we try to delete the
file we get the following error:

Error deleting file
Can't delete "filename" : The directory name is invalid

We can rename it, but still can't delete it. We have
tried to take ownership, delete from dos, run chkdsk /r,
but file still remains. Has anyone seen this or know how
to delete the file?

Thanks

 

[Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP]

I have a file on my W2k server - When we try to delete the
file we get the following error:

Error deleting file
Can't delete "filename" : The directory name is invalid

We can rename it, but still can't delete it. We have
tried to take ownership, delete from dos, run chkdsk /r,
but file still remains. Has anyone seen this or know how
to delete the file?

Thanks

Try deleting from the command prompt, but prepend the fully qualified
path w/ '\\.\' or '\\?\' (w/o the quotes).

For example:

del '\\.\c:\folder\subfolder1\another subfolder\fubar filename.file
extenstion'

hth