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

Galen,
What do me by "in DOS"?
If by that you mean 'using the command prompt', then I have already tried
that.
But be advised that I am equally interested in learning *why* this file is
undeletable as I am in actually deleting it.
So, if anyone has any information about this undeletable file, and how to go
about deleting it in a sensible manner, then please, let us all know.
Thanks,
- Stan Shankman

"Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ezqlzytnFHA.4028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In news:%23jOV36rnFHA.764@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> 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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