How can I delete this file and folder?
Unable to delete a single file or folder
#1
Posted 02 August 2012 - 05:51 AM
How can I delete this file and folder?
#2
Posted 02 August 2012 - 07:15 AM
Try do delete the file using the Command Prompt.
- click Start->Run->cmd
- change to the drive corresponding to the external drive and to the folder with the file you want to delete
cd /d "e:\name of the folder"- use the comand dir to list the files names using short names
dir /A /Xthe short file name will have something like ~1 at the end
- then use the del command to delete the file using the name you find using the dir command
del /A /F filena~1
Please post the result.
Edited by rpaz, 02 August 2012 - 07:16 AM.
#3
Posted 02 August 2012 - 08:58 AM
#4
Posted 02 August 2012 - 10:28 AM
Are you sure the folder name includes ":"??
#5
Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:36 AM
#6
Posted 02 August 2012 - 11:38 AM
cd /D "L:\iTunes Music\Compilations\A Perfect World\"
Then use the dir command like i wrote above.
Edited by rpaz, 02 August 2012 - 11:39 AM.
#7
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:11 PM
#8
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:15 PM
After executing "dir/A/X" I am getting a message that says "The parameter is incorrect' and I do not see any short file name.
What happen to the spaces between the arguments!!
#9
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:18 PM
#10
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:27 PM
What is an argument?
dir is the command and the arguments are the characters you write after the command.
You have to put spaces between the command and every argument, please copy & paste the line below
dir /A /X
Edited by rpaz, 02 August 2012 - 12:27 PM.
#11
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:40 PM
#12
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:51 PM
Also did you have more files inside the "Perfect World" folder?
Edited by rpaz, 02 August 2012 - 12:53 PM.
#13
Posted 02 August 2012 - 12:59 PM
The A Perfect World folder has only one folder in it that is the squares and Omega signs previously described. That folder has about files in it some with a single alpha character beside them and some with a square beside them.
#14
Posted 02 August 2012 - 01:02 PM
for %f in (*.*) do @echo %~sf
#15
Posted 02 August 2012 - 01:12 PM
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