how to delete directory named "this..."?

[james]

Hi,

I just downloaded a directory in which there is a
directory named "This..." from a Linux server.

Now, I want to delete this directory but I found it
always failed by directly select it and "DEL". It
prompts "It can not be openned".

How could I do it?

thanks in advance.

james

 

[Jason Garms [MSFT]]

Hi James,

The following should work for you. From a command prompt
type:

del "\\?\c:\this..."

assuming that it is located in c:\. If not, replace the
c:\ with the appropriate full path. You need the quotes,
and you need the \\?\ before the path for NT path escaping.

good luck,
-jasong

 

[james]

Thanks your help, but it does not work.

the path for that directory is:
f:\temp\this..., and tried several times with

del "\\?\f:\temp\this..."

it prompted "Could not find \\?\f:\temp\this..."

I'm using Chinese version WinXP with SP1 installed.