sqlhotdog2005
MIS
We have a file on an XP system that has an invalid filename, and thus we can't delete it.
Background and more detail:
We had a virus, got rid of the virus (mostly), but there was a folder in our TEMP folder that we couldn't delete, although it appeared to be empty. We ran chkdsk, and lots of spyware/virus stuff, but we still couldn't delete the folder, even though it appeared to be empty.
We downloaded a program called Delete FXP Files from JRTwine Software that should've been able to delete this folder, but it couldn't... but the error message it gave us is probably the clue to our problem:
The error message it gave us is:
Failed to Delete "C:\unabletodelete\AAWTMP\C226750\junk\": 145 (The directory is not empty.)
(Ignore the pathname... that's a result of us trying to move that folder around in some way to be able to delete it.
What's important is the apparent filename... ": 145 or ": something....
How can we "get to" that file to be able to delete it? Is there a utility or command that would allow us to delete a file (that we can't even see) that has a bogus ffilename?
(We have full permissions to this folder.)
Background and more detail:
We had a virus, got rid of the virus (mostly), but there was a folder in our TEMP folder that we couldn't delete, although it appeared to be empty. We ran chkdsk, and lots of spyware/virus stuff, but we still couldn't delete the folder, even though it appeared to be empty.
We downloaded a program called Delete FXP Files from JRTwine Software that should've been able to delete this folder, but it couldn't... but the error message it gave us is probably the clue to our problem:
The error message it gave us is:
Failed to Delete "C:\unabletodelete\AAWTMP\C226750\junk\": 145 (The directory is not empty.)
(Ignore the pathname... that's a result of us trying to move that folder around in some way to be able to delete it.
What's important is the apparent filename... ": 145 or ": something....
How can we "get to" that file to be able to delete it? Is there a utility or command that would allow us to delete a file (that we can't even see) that has a bogus ffilename?
(We have full permissions to this folder.)