Re: Can't delete file in W2K Server.

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From: Eugene Taylor (ewtaylor2001_at_fake.com)
Date: 01/06/05


Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 08:12:07 -0500

Try deleting it from the dos prompt you can either use the tilde variable
del first8~.ext or you can try putting the whole file name in quotes " here
is the file name that cannot be deleted"
"robpelu" <robpelu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:332F1BA5-1248-4FA7-98C8-F7264CCC2A2E@microsoft.com...
> Hi all.
> My problem is that i can't delete this file that it's "only" 177
characters
> long. Windows says that "The file .. doesn't exist blah blah..."
> I posted this question a month ago and Ryan Sokolowski tell me that it
could
> be a lock of the file by some app or something, but i think not because
we've
> rebooted the server and still have the same problem.
>
> Yesterday a partner found that if we create a file in the same directory
and
> start to make the name long, before reaching the same number of characters
> the "broken" file has, windows don't let us continue. I wonder why if this
> file is only 177 characters ??
>
> So, any other help are very much appreciated.
> Thanks Robert.



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