On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:39:40 -0700, you wrote: Seems to be working..........
Keep your eyes here for more news BTW - Can I suggest everybody makes a note of this little trick. Dine out for years with this £$£$£$£$£$£ Hugh >On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Hugh Gundersen wrote: > >> .... >> BTW safe mode with command prompt or cmd.exe showed me >> 939,458 files + 1 nprotect log covering the last 3 years to >> say the least even though I'm running NSW 2004? >> >> Tried to delete in cmd.exe but tells me it cannot find the >> files???????? >> ... > >You might want to try the following: > > ------------------------------- ><http://www.botmanfamily.net/~aurelien/articles/deleting_recycler_files.html> > [snip] >Method > >Open a DOS prompt. Type the following command: > >del \\?\c:\recycler\nprotect\*.* > >The troublesome files should now be gone, and you should be >able to delete c:\recycler\nprotect and c:\recycler from >Explorer. The magic appears to be in the \\? which precedes the >path. Why you are able to delete the files this way and not by >any other method is currently unclear; comments are gratefully >received. > >References > >[1] >http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/94102.html > ------------------------------- Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
