The folder is called iceage and the files within are names something like
this:
!"¶??
now there are folders named like the above and just regular files and have
icons that needs programs to be associated to. Now I'm seeing where the
file has been modified on dates like July 2081. And it says that it cannot
read from the source file or disk.
Lynn Kucera
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Corrupted folder that won't delete
> Ok, let's try to walk you through it. Start the command prompt as you did.
> Assuming your files are on the E: drive, switch to the E drive by typing
> "E:" and press enter (no quotation marks). Your prompt should now be
> "E:\>".
>
> What is the name of the folder that the files you want to delete? Is the
> problem in the folder name or in the specific files? Do you want to delete
> ALL the files in that folder?
>
> You might want to get a list of the file names that are in the folder by
> typing the following command
> "dir > c:\listing.txt"
> This will create a file named listing.txt on your C: drive. If the files
> are
> in a specific directory, you can get a list of the directory saved to a
> file
> by doing the same procedure - give it a new file name instead of
> listing.txt
> so that you have both. Perhaps you can send the contents of the results to
> us, or at least some portion (if they are long listings) so that we may
> get
> an idea of what you have. For your information, the ">" symbol is a
> redirection operation under the command prompt so that the output of the
> DIR
> command is sent to a file rather than to screen display.
>
> Peter
> ----------------------------------
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> First let me say that I know nothing about DOS, after doing some research
> I
> got to start > run > cmd and I got into my E drive from there I'm stuck. I
> can't seem to get into the folder to delete the files, I've tried to
> delete
> the folder but it keeps saying something about incorrect syntax error and
> I'm stuck again.
> When I try e:\del iceage I get:
>
> e:\iceage\filename which is strange letters and symbols The filename,
> directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>
> Gosh, I hope this helps but I don't know what I'm doing and I'm afraid I
> will delete everything off the drive if I try to pick my way thru this.
>
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