> My roommate cannot delete a file he picked up from a friend. If even the first letter is known, you might try going to a command prompt and typing: del x*.*
Or, if some other letter for instance: del ??y*.* Of course be careful if you are worried that it might delete other files that are important. If those don't work, you might also try renaming the file first?? DISCLAIMER!!! TRY THE FOLLOWING ONLY IF YOU ARE VERY BRAVE AND DON'T CARE ABOUT SCREWING UP ALL YOUR FILES: If that doesn't work, you can download a hex editor program, such as Hex Workshop, that will allow you to edit the entire hard drive (this can also be done very easily from linux). Do a search for the bad filename in all the sectors, when you find it, change it to something else. Notice that you might be working with a double byte unicode encoding (so basically every other byte is a 0, if you get my drift). The hex edit way will definitely work, but you have to be careful. Good luck! Phillip -- Phillip Hellewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
