Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote on 07/07/2009 01:15:15 PM: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > When it does, I then end > > up with 2 files of the exact same name, but with different icons in > > WinExplorer. > > Hmmm. It sounds like that file name isn't as it appears -- like it > has a reserved character in the name or something. Like the old trick > of finding a way to create a file named "NUL". > > Try doing "DEL *.* /P" in the directory, and only answering yes > for that file.
Nope - it doesn't even see that file, from the command prompt. The only thing that sees it from the command prompt seems to be "dir /a". > Try moving everything else out of the directory, and then use > ROBOCOPY to delete the directory. You can do this by mirroring an > empty directory on to the directory containing the problematic file. I will give that a try later; other things coming up at the moment. Thanks for the help ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
