Re: [PCTECH] "Bad" file

[Joel Cochran <jrc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 17:44, Jon Paris wrote:
> 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.

Not much help, but DOS took a cue from Unix some time ago and
incorporated a "tab" path completion feature.  Try typing in just a
couple letters of a directory on a cd command and hit the tab key - the
directory name should be filled in for you.  You continue this trick
until you are where you want to be. 

For instance:

c:\IBMTOOLS\APPS\ACCESS\ICONS

can be found by typing:

cd c:\IB<tab>\<tab>\<tab>\<tab>

In this case, because "APPS" is the first directory in "IBMTOOLS", you
don't even need to type in an "A" (same for the following directories). 
Try it, you'll like it!

:-)

Joel
http://www.rpgnext.com

> 
> Scandisk doesn't seem to fix it so .....
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions.
> 
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
> www.Partner400.com
> 
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