Invalid Folder Name

[Guest]

My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of
these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.."

I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions
worked.

Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP (MCE
2005)

Thanks,
-jp

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Did you try this in a command prompt?

del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.."

mentioned here
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081#XSLTH3195121122120121120120

Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081#XSLTH3199121122120121120120

Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
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[Guest]

Wes,

No luck -- but I did a search here and found a previous response that did
the trick. I downloaded a free utility that deletes invalid file
names/folders. Worked like a champ.

Thanks,
-Jack

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Jack,

Glad to hear that you got it worked out. Care to share the name and a link
for what helped?

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