>Date:    Sat, 27 May 2006 23:17:40 -0400
>From:    Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: zero-length undeletable files
>
>At 01:16 PM 5/27/2006, RLRuss typed:
>>The files refuse to delete; Winxp will see 'em but won't delete 'em.
>
>Sometimes you can rename the files using wild cards in the name such 
>as % or * then you can delete the files.
>
>If you don't have a BartPe or XpPe Cd then use your XP install CD & 
>go to the Recovery Console.  If the file system is NTFS then DOS 
>won't help you any & that's why I created XpPe to begin with. 
>Admittedly XP is much better than 9x for fixing things from within 
>the OS but those other times that you can't can be killers.
>
>
>----------+----------
>    Wayne D. Johnson
>Ashland, OH, USA 44805
><http://www.wavijo.com> 

I'll give that a try; if renaming with WC's doesn't work, I'll pull down
XpPe and give it a try. (It's a good excuse for using it anyway...I've been
wanting to try it)

RLRuss

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