Invalid Folder Name

My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of
these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.."

I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions
worked.

Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP (MCE
2005)

Thanks,
-jp

Did you try this in a command prompt?

del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.."

mentioned here
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120

Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120

Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news7F723FF-C228-4DC0-A25F-A8CA197EB046@microsoft.com,
jp <jp@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of
> these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.."
>
> I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions
> worked.
>
> Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP
> (MCE 2005)
>
> Thanks,
> -jp

Wes,

No luck -- but I did a search here and found a previous response that did
the trick. I downloaded a free utility that deletes invalid file
names/folders. Worked like a champ.

Thanks,
-Jack

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Did you try this in a command prompt?
>
> del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.."
>
> mentioned here
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120
>
> Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here?
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120
>
> Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe)
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news7F723FF-C228-4DC0-A25F-A8CA197EB046@microsoft.com,
> jp <jp@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three of
> > these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.."
> >
> > I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions
> > worked.
> >
> > Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP
> > (MCE 2005)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -jp
>
>

Jack,

Glad to hear that you got it worked out. Care to share the name and a link
for what helped?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:055154F4-2463-4F5C-80A9-A134A3B1ADE0@microsoft.com,
jp <jp@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wes,
>
> No luck -- but I did a search here and found a previous response that did
> the trick. I downloaded a free utility that deletes invalid file
> names/folders. Worked like a champ.
>
> Thanks,
> -Jack
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Did you try this in a command prompt?
>>
>> del "\\?\%homepath%\My Documents\My Music\Best Of.."
>>
>> mentioned here
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120
>>
>> Did you try the Subinacl utility mentioned here?
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...22120121120120
>>
>> Download details: SubInACL (SubInACL.exe)
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news7F723FF-C228-4DC0-A25F-A8CA197EB046@microsoft.com,
>> jp <jp@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> My music folder has three subfolders that have invalid names. All three
>>> of these folders end in one or two periods, for example "Best Of.."
>>>
>>> I can't delete or rename the folders. I have read
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081 -- and none of the suggestions
>>> worked.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how I can delete these folders? The volume is NTFS on XP
>>> (MCE 2005)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -jp