Re: FTP File Problem

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:42:55 -0700

>From a command prompt try;

 del \\.\Drive:\directory\filename
(Note: the period between \\ and \)

Also

dir /x
and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names. 

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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
"Andre Monostori" wrote:
|A new client of mine somehow had annon ftp running and some hacker group 
put
| up a bunch of stuff in there.  I can not delete the folders that have been
| setup...anyone got some help to delete these bogus files?
|
|

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