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Fun
June 6th 04, 10:11 AM
hi,
one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the same
filename ...
d<iagram.jpg

the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
when i use dos command i can see them listing.
i downloaded file deleting utilities with long filename short filename
deleting capabilites but none of them work ...
any help will be appreciated..
TIA
ps: we use windows 98 se ...

Brian Gaff
June 6th 04, 11:44 AM
If you can track down one of those disc sector editors we used to have in
the dos days, you might have more luck. I believe its only the first char in
the directory name you need to alter to make the system think its a deleted
file.

Brian

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"Fun" > wrote in message
...
> hi,
> one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the
same
> filename ...
> d<iagram.jpg
>
> the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
> since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
> when i use dos command i can see them listing.
> i downloaded file deleting utilities with long filename short filename
> deleting capabilites but none of them work ...
> any help will be appreciated..
> TIA
> ps: we use windows 98 se ...
>
>
>
>
>


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Don Phillipson
June 6th 04, 12:08 PM
"Fun" > wrote in message
...
> hi,
> one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the
same
> filename ...
> d<iagram.jpg
>
> the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
> since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
> when i use dos command i can see them listing.

So use DOS DELete with a wild card
for the invalid character:
DEL d?iagram.jpg

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Ben in Montana
June 6th 04, 03:51 PM
Have you tried to 'rename' the file to a simpler name to
delete?

Bill Watt
June 6th 04, 07:58 PM
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 12:11:24 +0300, "Fun" > wrote:

>hi,
>one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the same
>filename ...
>d<iagram.jpg
>
>the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
>since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
>when i use dos command i can see them listing.
>i downloaded file deleting utilities with long filename short filename
>deleting capabilites but none of them work ...
>any help will be appreciated..
>TIA
>ps: we use windows 98 se ...

Try dragging it into the Recycle Bin then delete it from there.

Otherwise, Don's suggestion should work.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

Curt Christianson
June 6th 04, 09:22 PM
Bill, I hope you've gotten those "landscaping" chores done by now. <eg>

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"Bill Watt" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 12:11:24 +0300, "Fun" > wrote:
>
> >hi,
> >one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the
same
> >filename ...
> >d<iagram.jpg
> >
> >the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
> >since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
> >when i use dos command i can see them listing.
> >i downloaded file deleting utilities with long filename short filename
> >deleting capabilites but none of them work ...
> >any help will be appreciated..
> >TIA
> >ps: we use windows 98 se ...
>
> Try dragging it into the Recycle Bin then delete it from there.
>
> Otherwise, Don's suggestion should work.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt
> Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
>


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Bill Watt
June 7th 04, 12:14 AM
On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 15:22:26 -0500, "Curt Christianson"
> wrote:

>Bill, I hope you've gotten those "landscaping" chores done by now. <eg>
>
>Curt

Rain, rain, rain........Still in trouble.. :-(

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Fun
June 7th 04, 10:45 AM
when i tried to drag to recycle bin it gave an error ...
files system error (1026) ..

deleting with dos using ? did the trick ...
but it is weird because i tried deleting with d*.jpg but it didn't work..
then i tried d?iagram.jpg, it worked ...

thx for all of you :))

Don Phillipson > wrote in message
...
> "Fun" > wrote in message
> ...
> > hi,
> > one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the
> same
> > filename ...
> > d<iagram.jpg
> >
> > the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
> > since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
> > when i use dos command i can see them listing.
>
> So use DOS DELete with a wild card
> for the invalid character:
> DEL d?iagram.jpg
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>

Jake
June 7th 04, 12:09 PM
Hi ,

> when i tried to drag to recycle bin it gave an error ...
> files system error (1026) ..
>
> deleting with dos using ? did the trick ...
> but it is weird because i tried deleting with d*.jpg but it didn't work..
> then i tried d?iagram.jpg, it worked ...
>
> thx for all of you :))
>
> Don Phillipson > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Fun" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > hi,
> > > one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the
> > same
> > > filename ...
> > > d<iagram.jpg
> > >
> > > the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
> > > since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
> > > when i use dos command i can see them listing.
> >
> > So use DOS DELete with a wild card
> > for the invalid character:
> > DEL d?iagram.jpg
> >
> > --
> > Don Phillipson
> > Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
> >
> >

Good 'old' DOS huh :)
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Brian Gaff
June 7th 04, 02:53 PM
Ah, this is no doubt because only some parts of windows actually checks for
valid characters, so if you can bypass these parts, it often seems to work,
but occasionally can crash...:-)

Brian

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"Fun" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> when i tried to drag to recycle bin it gave an error ...
> files system error (1026) ..
>
> deleting with dos using ? did the trick ...
> but it is weird because i tried deleting with d*.jpg but it didn't work..
> then i tried d?iagram.jpg, it worked ...
>
> thx for all of you :))
>
> Don Phillipson > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Fun" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > hi,
> > > one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using the
> > same
> > > filename ...
> > > d<iagram.jpg
> > >
> > > the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
> > > since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
> > > when i use dos command i can see them listing.
> >
> > So use DOS DELete with a wild card
> > for the invalid character:
> > DEL d?iagram.jpg
> >
> > --
> > Don Phillipson
> > Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
> >
> >
>
>


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PCR
June 7th 04, 08:15 PM
You are lucky it didn't work! "d*.jpg" would have deleted every .jpg
that has a name that begins with "d" !!! Even I have six of those, & I
am not a collector...

C:\>dir /a /s C:\d*.jpg

Directory of C:\cpqs\Support\Data
DESC JPG 3,096 06-29-99 11:49a Desc.jpg
DESCRI~1 JPG 3,096 06-29-99 11:49a Description.jpg
2 file(s) 6,192 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\CeQuadrat\justburn\help\images
DATABASE JPG 69,769 07-02-98 2:17p database.jpg
1 file(s) 69,769 bytes

Directory of C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes
DANGER~2 JPG 99,357 04-23-99 10:22p Dangerous Creatures
wallpaper.jpg
1 file(s) 99,357 bytes

Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OOBE\IMAGES
DIALTONE JPG 50,987 04-23-99 10:22p DIALTONE.JPG
DRPSHDW JPG 6,788 10-25-99 8:48p Drpshdw.jpg
2 file(s) 57,775 bytes

Total files listed:
6 file(s) 233,093 bytes


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"Fun" > wrote in message
...
|
|
| when i tried to drag to recycle bin it gave an error ...
| files system error (1026) ..
|
| deleting with dos using ? did the trick ...
| but it is weird because i tried deleting with d*.jpg but it didn't
work..
| then i tried d?iagram.jpg, it worked ...
|
| thx for all of you :))
|
| Don Phillipson > wrote in message
| ...
| > "Fun" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > > hi,
| > > one of the computers i have at work has two files at desktop using
the
| > same
| > > filename ...
| > > d<iagram.jpg
| > >
| > > the person who use the computer doesnot know how it appeared :((
| > > since the < sign is invalid we cannot delete the files...
| > > when i use dos command i can see them listing.
| >
| > So use DOS DELete with a wild card
| > for the invalid character:
| > DEL d?iagram.jpg
| >
| > --
| > Don Phillipson
| > Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
| >
| >
|
|