File error

[Guest]

Hello,

By mistake I have saved a folder as "Word Documents.." Because of the two
dots I can not acces the folder by any means. I can not delete it, I can not
open it and all the consequences resulting from this.
Ist there anybody having an ideea how to solve this?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Can you delete the folder from a command prompt?

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[Wesley Vogel]

Cause 6: The file name includes an invalid name in the Win32 name space
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081#XSLTH3195121122120121120120

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081

MANUALLY DELETING STUBBORN FILES
http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php

You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

Delete - Can't Delete Files or Folders
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm

Scroll down to Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
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How To Delete "Undeletable" Files And Folders In XP
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

Cannot delete file or folder
[[Sometimes a file cannot be deleted or a folder removed because Windows
says it's open by another program.]]
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxCannotDelete.htm

"Access Denied" Error Message When You Try to Delete a File
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298345

You Receive an "Access Denied" Error Message When You Delete Folders from a
Mounted Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319368

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Thank you for you input. But NO. I cannot delete the folder from command
prompt or b any known software either. I guess that the problem is consisting
of the two dots at the end of the folder name which are "pushing" the system
to go upwards into the hierarchy of the folders.

 

[Guest]

Hello Wesley,

Thank you for you input. But NO. I still can not delete the folder despite
all the sggested methods. Surprisingly it may be a difficult task even for
the peoples from Microsoft.
I guess that the problem is consisting of the two dots at the end of the
folder name which are "pushing" the system to go upwards into the hierarchy
of the folders.

Cause 6: The file name includes an invalid name in the Win32 name space
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081#XSLTH3195121122120121120120

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081

MANUALLY DELETING STUBBORN FILES
http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php

You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

Delete - Can't Delete Files or Folders
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm

Scroll down to Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
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How To Delete "Undeletable" Files And Folders In XP
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

Cannot delete file or folder
[[Sometimes a file cannot be deleted or a folder removed because Windows
says it's open by another program.]]
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxCannotDelete.htm

"Access Denied" Error Message When You Try to Delete a File
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298345

You Receive an "Access Denied" Error Message When You Delete Folders from a
Mounted Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319368

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Hello,

By mistake I have saved a folder as "Word Documents.." Because of the two
dots I can not acces the folder by any means. I can not delete it, I can
not open it and all the consequences resulting from this.
Ist there anybody having an ideea how to solve this?

 

[David Candy]

del "\\?\c:\somewhere\Word Documents.."
will work.

 

[Guest]

David,

It still does not. The answer is can not find ... file name.
Any appilcation maybe can help into this? Are there any tools out there maybe?
Thank you for your kind reply!

 

[David Candy]

You typed it wrong, here's a transcript of me creating and deleting the file

C:\>dir d*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 3845-690B

Directory of C:\

08/12/2005 12:51 AM 0 Documents
29/10/2005 12:32 AM <DIR> Documents and Settings
08/12/2005 05:24 PM 3 dog
13/12/2005 08:06 AM 146 dog.txt
3 File(s) 149 bytes
1 Dir(s) 20,542,275,584 bytes free

C:\>copy dog "\\?\c:\dog.."
1 file(s) copied.

C:\>dir d*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 3845-690B

Directory of C:\

08/12/2005 12:51 AM 0 Documents
29/10/2005 12:32 AM <DIR> Documents and Settings
08/12/2005 05:24 PM 3 dog
08/12/2005 05:24 PM 3 dog..
13/12/2005 08:06 AM 146 dog.txt
4 File(s) 152 bytes
1 Dir(s) 20,542,275,584 bytes free

C:\>del "\\?\c:\dog.."

C:\>dir d*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 3845-690B

Directory of C:\

08/12/2005 12:51 AM 0 Documents
29/10/2005 12:32 AM <DIR> Documents and Settings
08/12/2005 05:24 PM 3 dog
13/12/2005 08:06 AM 146 dog.txt
3 File(s) 149 bytes
1 Dir(s) 20,542,275,584 bytes free

C:\>

 

[billious]

Thank you for you input. But NO. I cannot delete the folder from command
prompt or b any known software either. I guess that the problem is
consisting
of the two dots at the end of the folder name which are "pushing" the
system
to go upwards into the hierarchy of the folders.

From the DOS prompt, type

DIR /X Word*

This will show the soft name for the directory.

You should be able to delete the diretory using the short name.

HTH

....Bill

 

[billious]

From the DOS prompt, type

DIR /X Word*

This will show the soft name for the directory.

You should be able to delete the diretory using the short name.

HTH

...Bill

SOFT name? WTF did that come from? SHORT name....

 

[Guest]

David,

Once again thank you. Still get this answer from the system after typing
EXACTLY the way you indicate: "The system can not find the path specified"
The only difference I can see is that you deleted a file while I am looking
to do the same with a folder. I am not very exeperienced but I guess it
should not be the case..

kindly,

 

[David Candy]

The title of your post says file error.

RD (remove directory) vs Del (delete file)

So something like

rd "\\?\c:\some folder\in some other folder\word document.."

Try dragging the folder into the command prompt to get windows to type it's name for you. Then add a " at the end, press Home key and add
rd "\\?\

at the front.

 

[Guest]

David,

THANK YOU. It worked!

The title of your post says file error.

RD (remove directory) vs Del (delete file)

So something like

rd "\\?\c:\some folder\in some other folder\word document.."

Try dragging the folder into the command prompt to get windows to type it's name for you. Then add a " at the end, press Home key and add
rd "\\?\

at the front.
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