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How to delete ".."-folder under Windows?

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I have a folder on my desktop which is named ".." (which itself contains subfolders with an empty name). The folder can't be deleted the usual ways, even not when using the CLI. Does anyone know how I can remove this folder on Windows Vista 64-bit? Renaming does not work, either (obviously). This i…

Error Output

09.10.2009  15:04    <DIR>                       .
09.10.2009  15:04    <DIR>                       ..
08.03.2007  11:18    <DIR>                    …

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dir /x will tell you the proper name of the folder. Then you just have to delete the folder using that short name.

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