How to delete (invalid) files with colon in their name under Windows?
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I've got a rather large number of files on my Windows drive that have a colon in their name. (These came from unpacking some Unix archives.) When I try to delete them, Windows (XP) complains that the file does not exist, and refuses to delete it. This happens when trying to delete or rename it from…
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You may be able to use this syntax (per Microsoft KB 320081): See also this serverfault question on the same topic, "delete file containing invalid characters in windows". I think the old "ntfsdos" sysinternals utilities could remove/rename these fi…
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