ok, i have this poroblem I have some video type of file on my destop and i cant get rid off it.I cant delete,rename,or put into a folder,when I do I get the following message: cannot delete file:the filename you specified is invalid or too long specify a different filename.
Soo if anyone knows what to do..plz help me :)
Open up a command prompt window. This is performed by typing "command" at the run box on the start menu.
From the black box that pops up, navigate to your Desktop directory...try "cd C:\windows\desktop" only without the quotes.
Then type "dir", again without the quotes. Look for the filename that you're trying to delete. If say, the filename is "movie3 .mpg" on your desktop, then it's likely there is a "special" character after the 3.
There may be an extended ASCII character in the files name. Windows doesn't know how to interpret that, so it basically gives up when you try to delete it. It just doesn't understand it.
It made for some interesting fun years ago...heh. Drove people completely nuts!
Anyway, lemme know what the dir command shows for that particular file. :)
or you could try booting into safe mode ,and deleting it that way ,hit f8 on bootup to go into safe mode .
ya i tried safe mode and it wont delete i also tried to rename the file in DOS and it wont rename cause the file name is hella long and there isint enought room to write.
ookay feigned,
i did what us aid and this whole list poped up and the files on there but how do i delete it after that??? :(
And it also sais there is to many paremeters. :(
you need to type, DEL with a space between DEL and C:\ . then the path and file name ,something like
Del c:\windows\desktop\getthehelloffmycomputer.off
nope...it sais 2 many paremeters! :(
no i dont
note: this post is in the win9x/me forum
I edited my post
or Boot up to DOS and delete it from there
it dosnt work..the file is really long! and i tried everything.
I edited my post above
(fool proof method)
What is the name of the file that the mpeg is saved? Where is it located? If you provide that information, we(Tech Talk Community) can provide you the path to deleting it in
Is the file in the C:\Windows directory? If it is the command is
DEL C:\WINDOWS\UNSORT~1.MPG
Is the file named somthing nasty hmmmmmmmmm.............did you get it off of a file sharing program such as
I wont laugh promise lol...lol...lol...lol
i think the name in the directory is CONHAR~1 LNK
CONHAR~1 LNK
ok 1 sec brb
o yea i did but it was WinMX and yes..its pretty nasty 2!:( but when i was downloading it..it was named sumtin different, then...after it downloaded it turned out to be sum shit
thats common its not your fault
yeah you type in kazza britney spears and you end up getting granny porn
well..ya i know..but how da hell do i get rid of it?!!!!
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follow my directions on page one
the shaman has spoken
ya..i did..it dint work...the whole file name dont fit. its too long!!!!!! none of that works!!!
the moral of this story is dont download what you dont know an scan
ya..okay, but i still dont kno how to get rid of it. :(
WHAT!?!!
oo does it actually work on thsoe kinda files?
and which one do i download?!!! i asked cause i downloaded a couple of those and they dint help
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uh..okay...but lets say it dont work!?
membr..i cant more, rename or delete file!!!
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