WIN XP Cannot delete empty directory
Rather irritating little XP bug solved as follows:
in DOS (nope, it ain't gone, no matter what m$ wants you to think)
navigate to the directory containing the recalcitrant directory
type
this will give you the 8 char name for the directory that isn't cooperating
type
Viola. Yep, windows is stupid.
in DOS (nope, it ain't gone, no matter what m$ wants you to think)
navigate to the directory containing the recalcitrant directory
type
dir /x
this will give you the 8 char name for the directory that isn't cooperating
type
rd 8chrn~1where 8chrn~1 is of course the actual 8 char name
Viola. Yep, windows is stupid.
posted by jaegan at 2:18 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the info, it worked out great.....Gary
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