Problem Deleting Invalid File Name

[Pierre de Beer]

Windows will not allow me to delete a file with the following name
"c.divx".
On closer inspection there is 2 unprintable characters in the file
extension. All attempts to delete the file come up with the message "Cannot
delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."

I even booted with a Win 98 disk and attempted Deltree with no luck.

Any ideas?

Thank You

Pierre de Beer

 

[Smile Extender]

Did you use wildcard mask, like "del c.divx*"? Can you move the file? If
yes, create new subdirectory c:\foobar and move file to there. Then use "rd
/s /q c:\foobar". Your last option might be to use disk editor to change
file name. But how to do that is quite complicated task and might cause lot
of problems.