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Re: Why can't I delete

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On 8/3/2025, Stan Brown wrote:

>> I could delete the 8+3 name (but not a long name with a space at the end).
>> 
> 
> Not even in quotes?  
> 
> del "blahblahblah.xys " ?
> 
> That worked for me.

I tried everything (except the "DIR /X" trick) for weeks.
Including the doublequotes, which was an early method.

For months, the only thing I could do was move every legitimate filespec
that was inside the poisoned folder, until only the bad filespec remained.

And then I moved the poisoned filespec's top-level folder to a "junk"
location. Every week (or so), a script I wrote that creates files would
falter, and then I'd get another poisoned folder. Which I'd move to "junk".

Over time, they added up, until I got so frustrated, I asked for help here.
But in the interim, I kept looking for solutions, and found it with "X".

DIR /X
DEL 8+3

It's interesting that, in some ways, 8+3 is still very much inside Windows.

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