Re: Un-erasable folder
- From: "Skywing" <skywing_NO_SPAM_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:20:01 -0400
That won't work. You can delete this directory by taking advantage of the
fact that CMD uses the Unicode versions of the file management functions.
For the Unicode versions of these functions you can prepend \\?\ to turn off
path parsing. If you do this, you need to specify a *full* path (not a
relative path), and path component parsing is off, so it won't try to
interpret ... specially.
To give you an example of this:
C:\>mkdir \\?\C:\test....
C:\>dir test*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0000-0000
Directory of C:\
08/30/2005 05:16 PM <DIR> test....
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 10,037,399,552 bytes free
C:\>rmdir "test...."
The system cannot find the file specified.
C:\>rmdir \\?\C:\test....
C:\>
So in this case, the OP would want to do from cmd:
rmdir "\\?\Y:\My Music\Supertramp\Even in the Quietest Moments.."
"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Whoops...
>
>> Since the folder/file name has a space character within it, you'll need
>> to enclose the entire filename (including the path if you are not in its
>> parent directory).
>
> Enclose IN QUOTES, of course. ;^}
> "Y:\My Music\Supertramp\Even in the Quietest Moments.."
>
> As you may know, "DOS" often uses . and .. to refer to the current
> directory and its parent. If you are in your Supertramp directory, then .
> means Supertramp and .. means "My Music"; cd .. moves the focus up to the
> parent directory. In some versions of DOS, ... would mean Y:\, but other
> versions, including WinXP's cmd.exe, don't allow more than two periods.
> Also, of course, the period is used as a separator between the filename
> and the extension, so the use of one or more periods in a filename can get
> very confusing! Especially if the dots are at the end. Was your original
> 3-dot filename actually a no-dot name with a 2-dot extension? Or a
> one-dot name and a one-dot extension? ???
>
> (When I try to md "test folder..." on my computer I get a new folder named
> "test folder", without the dots. Then, of course, rd "test folder"
> removes it. That doesn't help you, but I learned something by trying it.
> But I can't create a 3-dot foldername to see if I can remove it.)
>
> Some other commands do accept wildcards, so you may be able to:
> ren "Even*.*" Even
>
> or maybe:
> ren "Even*.*.*" Even (to take care of what might be interpreted as
> multiple extensions - experiment to see if you can find a combination that
> works)
>
> and then:
> rd Even
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi, gcorvera.
>>
>> Rather than del, use rd (or rmdir, both mean Remove Directory). And add
>> the /s switch to remove the entire directory tree, including all files
>> and subdirectories in it. Like the former deltree command.
>>
>> Since the folder/file name has a space character within it, you'll need
>> to enclose the entire filename (including the path if you are not in its
>> parent directory). Or first use the dir command with the /x switch to
>> see the SFN (Short File Name, also known as the 8.3 filename), then rd
>> <SFN>. The rd command won't let us use wildcards but insists that we type
>> the entire folder name, so the second method may be easier.
>>
>> In the "DOS" window, of course, you can type /? after any command to see
>> a mini-help file showing the switches and parameters available with that
>> command: dir /?
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "gcorvera" <gcorvera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:7EB4E3C0-4C78-4AB4-B5C5-7CDBB5B69CD5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I was ripping mp3 files from an audio CD using MusicMatch Jukebox. I have
>>> Jukebox set up so it creates subdirectories directories named as the
>>> album,
>>> so it should have created a folder named "Even in the Quietest
>>> Moments...";
>>> instead it created one missing a period, thus: "Even in the Quietest
>>> Moments.."
>>>
>>> The problem is that although MusicMatch does find the files, the folder
>>> appears empty to Windows Explorer. If I try to rename or delete it I
>>> receive
>>> an error message: "Cannot rename/delete file: Cannot read from the
>>> source
>>> file or disk", if I click on the folder I get an error message "..
>>> refers to
>>> a location that is unavailable. etc", and what is REALLY interesting is
>>> using
>>> the command prompt (cmd.exe), I got the following:
>>> Y:\My Music\Supertramp>del "Even in the Quietest Moments.."
>>> Y:\My Music\Supertramp\Even in the Quietest Moments.\*, Are you sure
>>> (Y/N)?
>>>
>>> I answered 'y' and it deleted the files, but I still can't delete the
>>> directory. I also tried deleting it through the Jukebox interface, and
>>> it
>>> doesn't do it.
>>>
>>> I tried chkdsk (through the "tools" tab on My computer/properties" and
>>> it
>>> didn't find anything wrong.
>>>
>>> The result on cmd.exe made me realize it had something to do with the
>>> periods at the end of the file name, so I removed them and it worked
>>> fine,
>>> but I still have the "Even in the Quietest Moments.." directory that I
>>> can't
>>> delete on my system.
>>> Does anybody know of a way to delete it?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>
>
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