Undeletable files in recycle bin
I've got a Win2k server; recycle bin indicates that there are files in it. However, when I open it, there are no files visible, no files marked as hidden files. When I empty recycle bin, it asks if I want to delete 29 files (although none show up).
I've got a Win2k server; recycle bin indicates that there are files in it. However, when I open it, there are no files visible, no files marked as hidden files. When I empty recycle bin, it asks if I want to delete 29 files (although none show up). When I say yes, it stops and says "Cannot delete SPY3KXQZ. The filename you specified is invalid or too long. Specify a different filename." Bottom line is that these files don't get deleted and I don't know how to delete them. What is SPY3KXQZ? I don't find any reference to it on Microsoft site or on any of the virus scan sites.
Thanks for any help.
Thanks for any help.
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From the command line, go to 'Recycled' or whatever temp directory, type 'attrib -h -s -r yourfile , then delete it safely...
C:\> cd recycled
attrib -h -s -r *.*
delete *.*
Hope this will help you !
C:\> cd recycled
attrib -h -s -r *.*
delete *.*
Hope this will help you !
What do you mean by 'locked files' ? The attrib command should take care of this, no ? And, what unusual characters ?
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What do you mean by 'locked files' ? The attrib command should take care of this, no ? And, what unusual characters ?
Files are marked as 'locked' by the operating system usually if they are in use (in write mode) so other programs can't alter them. If you are multitasking and several programs are writing to different parts of the file, programs would be editing different versions of it, and it could become corrupt or cause the programs to fail.
'Locked' is not an attribute as such.
You can close a file from the command line (is it the "net file" command?) But I'm not totally sure how this works or whether it would even let you close all files.
By 'Unusual characters' I mean filenames containing characters other than the standard alpha-number range (a-z, 0-9 plus a few symbols) or ASCII characters off the usual range.
Most of my experiences are with Win9x, but maybe NT has the same problem with this type of filename.
What do you mean by 'locked files' ? The attrib command should take care of this, no ? And, what unusual characters ?
Files are marked as 'locked' by the operating system usually if they are in use (in write mode) so other programs can't alter them. If you are multitasking and several programs are writing to different parts of the file, programs would be editing different versions of it, and it could become corrupt or cause the programs to fail.
'Locked' is not an attribute as such.
You can close a file from the command line (is it the "net file" command?) But I'm not totally sure how this works or whether it would even let you close all files.
By 'Unusual characters' I mean filenames containing characters other than the standard alpha-number range (a-z, 0-9 plus a few symbols) or ASCII characters off the usual range.
Most of my experiences are with Win9x, but maybe NT has the same problem with this type of filename.
