Re: In the mad and crazy world of home computing . . . (ShowFolder[1]. - Delete Problem)

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Stan Shankman <stantheman@xxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Greeting all,
> I have this crazy file hanging around my hard drive. (NTFS Windows
> 2000 box.) The name of it is "ShowFolder[1]." - it is of size zero. I
> undertook a google search and learned a little. i.e. The file
> originated in a temporary Internet cache. However, in my case, the
> file in question is not in a temporary internet folder. Instead, my
> problem file is in a temp folder (made by me for containment
> purposes) on the root of my C: drive.
>
> History: I'm not sure how the file got to my root. It may be that I
> was trying to "capture" a file out of the Internet cache, and make a
> temporary folder on my root to containing a copy of the Internet
> cache. - Something I could have done while I searched-and-deleted
> wily-nilly in an effort to find the file I was looking for. Or it may
> be that I made a backup of my User, and that I did a "restore" to a
> temporary location to pick-and-placed what I was looking for and was
> then unable to completely delete what remained. Either way, I now
> have this undeletable file hanging around in a folder on the root of
> my C: drive.
>
> Question:
> What do I do to get rid of this file so I can clear away that folder
> and feel that I have gotten back to normal?
>
> Thanks all,
>
> - Stan Shankman


If worse comes to worse delete it in DOS...

NTFS4DOS:
http://www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware/

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes


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