It could be that they installed something that is using those directories and that is why you cannot delete them if your logged in with the admin account.
-Shawn Regan -----Original Message----- From: Van Vliet, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Windows - pesky folders Similar thing happened to me. I think the reason is that the "hacker" go into through FTP on a U/Li/nix machine, and name the folders files with invalid characters. Any suggestions? -- Scott Van Vliet Sempra Energy 555 W. 5th St., 21st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Tel > 213.244.5205 Email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hello Stupid, and welcome to your crappy computer." - Strong Bad, HomestarRunner.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Weikert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:37 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: Windows - pesky folders > > > Hey gang, > > Thanks to some annoying French kids, who managed to get > access to one of our > servers and dump a bunch of files on it, I've got a couple of > folders (a > Win2k server box, btw) that absolutely refuse to delete. > Tried everything I > can think of, including going to the command line. Nada. > > I'm not a big server guy, so I don't know all the tricks > here. Can anyone > point me in the right direction to clean these folders off my > drive? Aside > from reformatting. :) > > Thanks in advance, > --Scott > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
