Can't Delete "Favorites" Shortcut

[Sam]

There's a non-working IE "Favorites" shortcut in my "My
Documents" folder that I can't delete. The system tells
me that it's write protected, in spite of the fact that
the "Read Only" square in the Properties dialogue box is
not checked and no other protected functions enabled.
Ordinarialy I'd let the shortcut exist there, but it's in
the way of the process by which I syncronize my
IE "Favorites."

I've had advice from a number of sources and none of
their suggestions work. How can I delete the shortcut?

[Lou Gagnon]

Hi Sam,

I used the following technique to delete a stubborn folder, and it worked
when nothing else did! I got it from this newsgroup from a posting by
)

Here it is: (please let me know if it works for you, and you might want to
send a thank you note to Eduardo for his tip, like I did.

Lou


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Hi all,

I have just found a way to delete these unwanted directories. To do so,
follow these steps:

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1. Using the Command Prompt, change to the root directory containing the
unwanted directories.

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2. Type Dir /X. This displays the short names (generated for non-8dot3
names) as well as the long names.
In my example I get the following listing:

29/12/2002 10:05 AM <DIR> .
29/12/2002 10:05 AM <DIR> ..
29/12/2002 03:07 AM <DIR> CON1~1 con1
29/12/2002 03:08 AM <DIR> LPT2~1 lpt2
0 File(s) 0 bytes
4 Dir(s) 12,968,894,464 bytes free

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3. For each unwanted directory entry listed, enter the following command:

RMDIR /S <short name>

When prompted with

<short name>, Are you sure (Y/N)?

Type 'Y' and then press 'Enter'.

RMDIR /S removes all directories and files in the specified directory in
addition to the directory itself. Like DELTREE, it is used to remove a
directory tree. By specifying the short name, the command will successfully
delete the entire tree of the unwanted directory.

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So in my case I typed:

RMDIR /S CON1~1
RMDIR /S LPT2~1

Anyway, for what it's worth I hope this helps others experiencing the same
problem.


Regards,From: Eduardo Garcia-Prieto )Subject:
Re: Cannot delete folders Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_supportDate: 2002-12-29 03:38:48 PST
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