Dazzla Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 I simply cannot do anything with this folder. It was automatically generated by Sharepod, it was supposed to be "In Search Of..." expect there's a dot missing and it's kinda acting like a filetype (asks me if I want to change the filetype, I can't). I cannot delete it I cannot rename it I cannot move it I cannot copy it I cannot do any of the above in safe mode I cannot do any of the above from the command prompt I cannot do any of the above in the recovery console. How the hell do I remove it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunky Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 use this: http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/ and you can close whatever processes are using the folder Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2004 gunky: the directory isn't locked. the os having a problem locating it can you delete by using short name (dir /x)? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 gunky said: use this: http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/and you can close whatever processes are using the folder Tried that, didn't work, there are no processes latching onto it. Besides, I've booted from the XP CD into the recovery console and it's still the same so nothing in windows is holding it. Primortal, what do you mean? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2004 if you do a 'dir /x' at the cmd prompt it will display long filename in the old dos 8.3 file format. You might be able to delete the directory with 8.3 format. What does windows explorer say? Can you rename it in cmd or explorer? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted May 10, 2004 MVC Share Posted May 10, 2004 Did you uninstall the Sharepod program and it was left over? If so, reinstall the program again, and then uninstall it. I had to do this with another application. It left a folder in my program files directory. I couldn't do anything with it. So I reinstalled the program, then uninstalled it, and it was deleteable. Oh and I had to restart my computer when I reinstalled it. So try this if you can. Reinstall theSharepod reboot, then uninstall Sharepod then try to delete the folder It may work Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 I can't rename it in cmd or explorer. Explorer says "Cannot read from the source or disk" CMD says "Cannot find the file specified" Deleting it via 8.3 names throws up no errors but doesn't delete it. Sharepod is a program that lives on my iPod it doesn't get installed, it drags the songs out via their ID3 tags and creates directories. The problem being that you can't create a folder called "In Search Of..." with the dots, yet it has :| When you try to create a folder with the dots in CMD or windows, it removes the dots, yet Sharepod has created it. My last option is formatting the partition. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 What are the NTFS permission listed in the Access Control List (ACL) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 How do I view that? Edit, here's what the folder properties look like. Kinda half a folder, half a file :s Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Right click the folder, properties, security tab then look at the groups / users listed and check the permissions for each. Edit - is it NTFS, if so the security tab missing means you have no access at all to the folder. On a parent folder you could tick the box to replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 When I turned off simple file sharing there's still no security tab. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonj Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 You can't delete a dir with the del command, can you? Make sure the folder is empty, then at the command prompt: rmdir "D:\Music\NERD\In Search Of.." or try it with 3 periods, if that doesn't work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2004 can you just delete the \nerd directory and everyting below it from explorer? what happens when you do a chkdsk? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 The security tab missing means you have no access at all to the folder not even to view permissions. On a parent folder you could tick the box to replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted May 10, 2004 Subscriber² Share Posted May 10, 2004 Jason said: The security tab missing means you have no access at all to the folder not even to view permissions.On a parent folder you could tick the box to replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects i think no security tab also means he might be on FAT. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted May 10, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted May 10, 2004 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rmdir "INSEAR~1" Cooooooooool :cool: What a weird folder! Oh, I was on NTFS as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 primortal said: i think no security tab also means he might be on FAT. Can also mean no permissions at all in the Access Control List, seen this many times at work, users locking themselves out completely from folders. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeburn Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 tried scandisk? And yes after 7 characters, you must change it to 6 characters plus ~1 or ~2 etc. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 moeburn said: tried scandisk? And yes after 7 characters, you must change it to 6 characters plus ~1 or ~2 etc. Don't have to you could type cd program files in the command prompt or rmdir program files etc these work also. With the tilde that is the old MSdos style. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-2088159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted April 5, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted April 5, 2005 Bit of a blast from the past, exactly the same problem. Except this time it's created a folder called "Jet " which is undeletable so I can't use the 8.3 naming conventions. Rmdir doesn't work, nothing I've tried works. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-585731089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_R2D2 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I have had the same problem before reformatting. It was on the desktop though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-585731200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted April 5, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted April 5, 2005 Well, I moved everything bar that folder out of the "Music" folder, then deleted the music folder by typing the following at the command prompt: rmdir /s "Music" Done the job I guess, just kinda wierd... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/165807-undeletable-folder/#findComment-585731288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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