[haywired]

Dos has just decided to give me "Bad command or File name" when I enter a command. This happened all of a sudden and I can't find any spyware or virus.

Thanks

[Tyger]

Very likely the path name is incorrect. Make sure your Command folder is properly named and the Msdos.sys file is correct and in the Command folder.

[haywired]

Thanks for the quick reply. Scince I don't know how to check this, should I have a pro handle it? I know just enough to get by most of the time. I only use dos to delete history, cookies, and temp files.

[Jrenter2]

What was the command that you entered?

[haywired]

deltree tempor~1
deltree history
deltree cookies

[Jrenter2]

Hi Haywired,

Tyger was right in the post above. You need to make sure that your path is correct and/or the file is actually on your drive. What you can do is...

Start your computer in MS-DOS mode and type the following exactly. (Only if using Windows 95/98).
Press the enter key after each line and enter Y for yes when prompted.
Smart drive speeds things up.

CD\
smartdrv
cd\windows
deltree tempor~1
deltree cookies
deltree history

If you still get the "Bad command or File name" error, you can see if you have the file deltree on your system by doing the following:

cd\
cd\windows
dir del*.*

This will list all the files in your c:\windows directory that start with "del". You will be looking for the deltree file. If it is not there, you will need to copy it off your boot disk into the c:\windows directory.

I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

[pip22]

Also, when using the DELTREE command, you need to be in the parent folder of the sub-folder you want to delete.

For example, if the 'History' folder is in the 'Windows' folder, you need to have the DOS prompt logged in to the Windows folder before the command DELTREE HISTORY will be accepted.

C:\Windows>deltree History

But this won't work:

C:\>deltree History

The rule of thumb is: To delete a file you need to be logged into the folder containing the file.
To delete a folder you need to be logged into the folder containing that folder.

[haywired]

CD\
smartdrv
cd\windows
deltree tempor~1
deltree cookies
deltree history

If you still get the "Bad command or File name" error, you can see if you have the file deltree on your system by doing the following:

cd\
cd\windows
dir del*.*

I did all this with no success. I also had a problem this weekend accessing a web site I go to. It gave me the ACCESSS IS FORBIDDEN to web server. 403 and something about Apache 3.3.9 (I think) and thenfor no aparent reason it went away and I was able to access that site. I had problems with my Frontage software a week ago, so I'm begining to think it's related somehow.

[Jrenter2]

haywired, on Dec 18 2006, 01:14 PM, said:

cd\
cd\windows
dir del*.*

I did all this with no success.

When you did the above, did it list the deltree file? Or was it missing?

[haywired]

Jrenter2, on Dec 18 2006, 05:23 PM, said:

haywired, on Dec 18 2006, 01:14 PM, said:

cd\
cd\windows
dir del*.*

I did all this with no success.

When you did the above, did it list the deltree file? Or was it missing?

I get

DELETEFI INI
TMPDELI BAT
QDW16DEL EXE
DEL TMP
4 FILES
0 DIR