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won't allow deletion of files..HELP

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Name: guardianmetal41
Date: December 14, 2002 at 13:00:35 Pacific
OS: 98
CPU/Ram: 192 mb
Comment:

My brother downloaded porn and i wanted to delete them but 2 files won't go. It won't allow me to delete or rename or anything. it says that the file name is invalid or too long. What can i do to fix this?



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Response Number 1
Name: Johnw
Date: December 14, 2002 at 13:44:08 Pacific
Reply:

Try this for starters .

http://beam.to/spybotsd
What does SpyBot-Search & Destroy?

SpyBot-S&D searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; little modules that are
responsible for the ads many programs display. But many of these modules also transmit
information about your surfing behaviour and more to the net.
If SpyBot-S&D finds such modules, it can remove them - or replace them with empty dummies in
case their host software won't run with its bot removed. In most cases, the host still runs
fine after removing the bot.
For a list of 'supported' bots see the feature lists below. The Spybot-S&D interface is so
easy, that updates just require replacing a file of about 80k in size. Those updates are
distributed by my software mailinglist, over this page and are also available from inside the
programs update section.

Another feature of Spybot S&D is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated
for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files,
started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned. Supported are the three major
browsers Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator and Opera.

Last but not least Spybot-S&D contains some routines to find and correct invalid entries into
the registry.

Red entries indicate spyware problems that should be fixed to avoid security and/or privacy
problems. This is the only kind of problem that is preselected to be fixed.


Black entries are system internals. If you do not know what they mean, I would suggest to either
keep your fingers from it or visit the support forum.


Green entries indicate usage tracks. It can do no harm to remove these.


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Response Number 2
Name: Dan Penny
Date: December 15, 2002 at 06:25:21 Pacific
Reply:

Note what the filename is. Lets say it's named;

This stupid porn file that won't delete.xxx

In dos, (that's where we're going) the spaces are dropped, and the file/directory name if longer than eight characters is truncated to the first six, then ~1 is added.

Boot your machine to Command Prompt Only. (Hold down F8 or Ctrl on bootup.)

If you're not in the root dir of C (C:\>) then type in;

cd\ (you're now in the root dir, then type in)

dir/s thisst~1.xxx (note the dos path that comes up)

Lets say it's in C:\Program Files\Downloaded Files\Porn sites. The path will look like;

c:\progra~1\downlo~1\Pornsi~1

type in;
deltree c:\progra~1\downlo~1\Pornsi~1\thisst~1.xxx



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