Guest Erling Herstad Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Dear Sirs. I've read the post and replies to Scott Leff's post from 14.12.2007 regarding similar issue, and none of the links/suggestions worked for me. I have a windows 2003 standard server (32-bit) running on a HP Proliant server with a SAN files storage attached, it's a fileserver + domain controller. Strangely one of my users have created a folder with a space at the end of the name: "New delivery ". I cannot delete, rename or move this folder. There are no security button. I can however rename a parent folder but this causes no effect on the problematic folder. I've run chkdsk, running on all the latest firmware, drivers and updates. Any suggestions? Path name: "G:\Storage2\Hydro\TROLL\31_2-N-11\31_2-N-11_BY4H\FTP_from_BHI_2006-06-26\WELL_31_2_N-11_BY4H\New delivery " With regards Erling Herstad
Guest John John Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Re: Cannot delete a folder Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the parent folder of the undeletable folder. Leave the Explorer window open. Open a Command Prompt and type the partial command: RD \\?\ Leave the Command Prompt window open. From the opened Explorer window grab the undeletable folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop it at the end of the incomplete RD command that you typed earlier and hit <Enter> and see if it can be deleted. Verify that the path is properly surrounded by quotation marks, make sure you are at the end of the line, so to have the trailing spaces surrounded within the path. John Erling Herstad wrote: > Dear Sirs. > > I've read the post and replies to Scott Leff's post from 14.12.2007 > regarding similar issue, and none of the links/suggestions worked for me. > I have a windows 2003 standard server (32-bit) running on a HP Proliant > server with a SAN files storage attached, it's a fileserver + domain > controller. Strangely one of my users have created a folder with a space at > the end of the name: "New delivery ". I cannot delete, rename or move this > folder. There are no security button. I can however rename a parent folder > but this causes no effect on the problematic folder. I've run chkdsk, running > on all the latest firmware, drivers and updates. Any suggestions? > > Path name: > > "G:\Storage2\Hydro\TROLL\31_2-N-11\31_2-N-11_BY4H\FTP_from_BHI_2006-06-26\WELL_31_2_N-11_BY4H\New delivery " > > With regards > Erling Herstad
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Re: Cannot delete a folder "Erling Herstad" <ErlingHerstad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0DFEAB52-46DB-4D40-8BC1-2B2957A9DFC8@microsoft.com... > Dear Sirs. > > I've read the post and replies to Scott Leff's post from 14.12.2007 > regarding similar issue, and none of the links/suggestions worked for me. > I have a windows 2003 standard server (32-bit) running on a HP Proliant > server with a SAN files storage attached, it's a fileserver + domain > controller. Strangely one of my users have created a folder with a space > at > the end of the name: "New delivery ". I cannot delete, rename or move this > folder. There are no security button. I can however rename a parent folder > but this causes no effect on the problematic folder. I've run chkdsk, > running > on all the latest firmware, drivers and updates. Any suggestions? > > Path name: > > "G:\Storage2\Hydro\TROLL\31_2-N-11\31_2-N-11_BY4H\FTP_from_BHI_2006-06-26\WELL_31_2_N-11_BY4H\New > delivery " > > With regards > Erling Herstad Ask your user how he/she created it. Using the same tool or application, you should be able to remove it. Alternatively, try deleting it by its short name.
Guest Erling Herstad Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Re: Cannot delete a folder The RD command worked after a complete chkdsk check. :-) "John John" wrote: > Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the parent folder of the > undeletable folder. Leave the Explorer window open. > > Open a Command Prompt and type the partial command: > > RD \\?\ > > Leave the Command Prompt window open. From the opened Explorer window > grab the undeletable folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop > it at the end of the incomplete RD command that you typed earlier and > hit <Enter> and see if it can be deleted. Verify that the path is > properly surrounded by quotation marks, make sure you are at the end of > the line, so to have the trailing spaces surrounded within the path. > > John > > Erling Herstad wrote: > > > Dear Sirs. > > > > I've read the post and replies to Scott Leff's post from 14.12.2007 > > regarding similar issue, and none of the links/suggestions worked for me. > > I have a windows 2003 standard server (32-bit) running on a HP Proliant > > server with a SAN files storage attached, it's a fileserver + domain > > controller. Strangely one of my users have created a folder with a space at > > the end of the name: "New delivery ". I cannot delete, rename or move this > > folder. There are no security button. I can however rename a parent folder > > but this causes no effect on the problematic folder. I've run chkdsk, running > > on all the latest firmware, drivers and updates. Any suggestions? > > > > Path name: > > > > "G:\Storage2\Hydro\TROLL\31_2-N-11\31_2-N-11_BY4H\FTP_from_BHI_2006-06-26\WELL_31_2_N-11_BY4H\New delivery " > > > > With regards > > Erling Herstad > >
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