RE: "Bad" file

<Lawyer-speak>
BIG HUGE HONKIN' WARNING: Obviously, if you do the
     following from the drive's root directory,
     you will wipe out the entire hard disk.  This
     is akin to running, in Al Barsa's parlance,
     the MAKEAMESS command.  You agree to not hold
     me liable for any consequences of following my
     suggestions.
</Lawyer-speak>

In case no one offers a better solution:

Reboot to DOS, or to a command line (can XP boot to a command line?)

*IMPORTANT!!!*  Change your current directory to the TEMP folder in
question.  To be safe, your DOS "prompt" should show the drive:folder on
each line.)

Issue the following commands:

   attrib -s -h -r *.* /S /D
   del *.*
   deltree *.*

At this point, the TEMP folder should be completely empty.
Notes: The "attrib" command shown above removes any "system", "hidden", and
"read-only" attributes from every file and folder in the TEMP folder.  The
/S flag says to process all subfolders.  The /D flag says to process the
folders (not just the files in the folders).

Reboot normally and the Bad file should be gone.

hth,
db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Jon Paris
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 12:44 PM
>
> I have a file in one of the Temp directories that is causing me
> grief.  When
> I try a complete system virus scan, it "sticks" on this file - millions of
> reads show up in the task manager - but no actual I/O takes place.
>
> The file will not delete - in fact Explorer hangs if I even click on it!
>
> I guess a DOS window delete might work but the directory in question is
> hidden so a CD doesn't seem to work and the directory structure is a very
> long name to try and type in one go.
>
> Scandisk doesn't seem to fix it so .....
>
> Anyone got any suggestions.
>
> Jon Paris