On 17 Mar 2009 at 15:02, Joe Heaton wrote: > I have a user that has some files that are 0 bytes in size.The names > of these files have all kinds of punctuation, and therefore, no real > file type. When I try to delete them, I get an error saying Cannot > delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk. > > Any ideas on how to get rid of these files?
In a CMD prompt, use DEL X?Y?X*.* using "?" as a wildcard for strange characters. I usually use DIR X?Y?X*.* first to confirm that I'm only "seeing" the files I want to delete. You might need to use ATTRIB to change the attributes first if files have hidden, system, or read-only attributes set. I find that Total Commander is often useful in situations like this, get it from http://www.ghisler.com -- it'll run off a USB stick or a network share so you don't need to install it to run it, it can even run on a BartPE boot CD (which is another way you can kill unkillable files, since you're using an OS that's independent of the drive and any security thereupon). HTH -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona http://www.geoapps.com/ --------------------------------------------------------- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
