Invisible file name ~ need help deleting

I have a folder on my desktop that has a file inside it that is blank.
(i.e. there are no characters to represent the file name.) I am trying
to delete it but I get a "Cannot read file: Cannot read from source
file or disk". So...I used my handy-dandy command prompt. I cd'd into
the folder and then "dir /x" to see what the file name was in SFN. I
then used "ren 0200~1 thisfile" to no avail. I keep getting the error
in the command prompt that the file is being used by another
process...so I tried a malware removal tool that is supposed to unlock a
file from it corresponding processes...no go. Any other ideas? The
folder looks ugly on my desktop and I would like it removed....

Many people report success using this:

DelinvFile - Delete Invalid Files and Folders
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm


ju.c


<user@domain.invalid> wrote in message news:OHJAaYt8IHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I have a folder on my desktop that has a file inside it that is blank.
> (i.e. there are no characters to represent the file name.) I am trying
> to delete it but I get a "Cannot read file: Cannot read from source
> file or disk". So...I used my handy-dandy command prompt. I cd'd into
> the folder and then "dir /x" to see what the file name was in SFN. I
> then used "ren 0200~1 thisfile" to no avail. I keep getting the error
> in the command prompt that the file is being used by another
> process...so I tried a malware removal tool that is supposed to unlock a
> file from it corresponding processes...no go. Any other ideas? The
> folder looks ugly on my desktop and I would like it removed....

On Jul 31, 8:15 am, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailnator.com> wrote:
> Many people report success using this:
>
> DelinvFile - Delete Invalid Files and Foldershttp://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
>
> ju.c
>
> <u...@domain.invalid> wrote in messagenews:OHJAaYt8IHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
> > I have a folder on my desktop that has a file inside it that is blank.
> > (i.e. there are no characters to represent the file name.) I am trying
> > to delete it but I get a "Cannot read file: Cannot read from source
> > file or disk". So...I used my handy-dandy command prompt. I cd'd into
> > the folder and then "dir /x" to see what the file name was in SFN. I
> > then used "ren 0200~1 thisfile" to no avail. I keep getting the error
> > in the command prompt that the file is being used by another
> > process...so I tried a malware removal tool that is supposed to unlock a
> > file from it corresponding processes...no go. Any other ideas? The
> > folder looks ugly on my desktop and I would like it removed....

Thanks, ju.c. :-)

Thanks! It worked Great! And sorry for the multiple posts...this was
the first time I have ever used a thing like this and I kept getting
errors about not being able to save or post or something. But anyways,
this worked no problem! Thanks!

sandy58 wrote:
> On Jul 31, 8:15 am, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailnator.com> wrote:
>> Many people report success using this:
>>
>> DelinvFile - Delete Invalid Files and Foldershttp://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
>>
>> ju.c
>>
>> <u...@domain.invalid> wrote in messagenews:OHJAaYt8IHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>>> I have a folder on my desktop that has a file inside it that is blank.
>>> (i.e. there are no characters to represent the file name.) I am trying
>>> to delete it but I get a "Cannot read file: Cannot read from source
>>> file or disk". So...I used my handy-dandy command prompt. I cd'd into
>>> the folder and then "dir /x" to see what the file name was in SFN. I
>>> then used "ren 0200~1 thisfile" to no avail. I keep getting the error
>>> in the command prompt that the file is being used by another
>>> process...so I tried a malware removal tool that is supposed to unlock a
>>> file from it corresponding processes...no go. Any other ideas? The
>>> folder looks ugly on my desktop and I would like it removed....
>
> Thanks, ju.c. :-)

Glad it worked!


<user@domain.invalid> wrote in message news:#P3#kHx8IHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thanks! It worked Great! And sorry for the multiple posts...this was
> the first time I have ever used a thing like this and I kept getting
> errors about not being able to save or post or something. But anyways,
> this worked no problem! Thanks!
>
> sandy58 wrote:
>> On Jul 31, 8:15 am, "ju.c" <bibidybubidyb...@mailnator.com> wrote:
>>> Many people report success using this:
>>>
>>> DelinvFile - Delete Invalid Files and Foldershttp://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm
>>>
>>> ju.c
>>>
>>> <u...@domain.invalid> wrote in messagenews:OHJAaYt8IHA.356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>>>> I have a folder on my desktop that has a file inside it that is blank.
>>>> (i.e. there are no characters to represent the file name.) I am trying
>>>> to delete it but I get a "Cannot read file: Cannot read from source
>>>> file or disk". So...I used my handy-dandy command prompt. I cd'd into
>>>> the folder and then "dir /x" to see what the file name was in SFN. I
>>>> then used "ren 0200~1 thisfile" to no avail. I keep getting the error
>>>> in the command prompt that the file is being used by another
>>>> process...so I tried a malware removal tool that is supposed to unlock a
>>>> file from it corresponding processes...no go. Any other ideas? The
>>>> folder looks ugly on my desktop and I would like it removed....
>>
>> Thanks, ju.c. :-)