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Invalid Folder Name
My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of
these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.." I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions worked. Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP (MCE 2005) Thanks, -jp |
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Invalid Folder Name
Did you try this in a command prompt?
del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.." mentioned here http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120 Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120 Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news jp hunted and pecked: My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.." I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions worked. Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP (MCE 2005) Thanks, -jp |
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Wes,
No luck -- but I did a search here and found a previous response that did the trick. I downloaded a free utility that deletes invalid file names/folders. Worked like a champ. Thanks, -Jack "Wesley Vogel" wrote: Did you try this in a command prompt? del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.." mentioned here http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120 Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120 Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news jp hunted and pecked: My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.." I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions worked. Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP (MCE 2005) Thanks, -jp |
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Jack,
Glad to hear that you got it worked out. Care to share the name and a link for what helped? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , jp hunted and pecked: Wes, No luck -- but I did a search here and found a previous response that did the trick. I downloaded a free utility that deletes invalid file names/folders. Worked like a champ. Thanks, -Jack "Wesley Vogel" wrote: Did you try this in a command prompt? del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.." mentioned here http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120 Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here? http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120 Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In news jp hunted and pecked: My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.." I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions worked. Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP (MCE 2005) Thanks, -jp |
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