Re: Un-erasable folder
- From: "gcorvera" <gcorvera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:32:13 -0700
Thanks for you input, but I didn't get to try it because R. C. White's idea
(above) did actually work.
Thanks anyway
Gonzalo
"Skywing" wrote:
> 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
> news:%23XwZYbZrFHA.1252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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
> > news:O$nvXCZrFHA.904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> 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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