Thanks Ben, Indeed that should work fine. The blank always shows first in the directory when listed by name. The machine I worked on today did not have these blanks.
Tammy -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Renaming blank files from cmd line On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Tammy Stewart <copper...@personainternet.com> wrote: > Del *.* /p works if the blank is not in a directory where other files reside > that I cannot blanket delete. (such as sytem32) When you do a DEL *.* /P, it will prompt you for each file. If the blank name file comes first, answer Yes to that one, then CTRL+BREAK out of the command for the rest. If the blank name file comes last, yah, it won't help for a huge directory like SYSTEM32. Might be practical for a directory with a smaller number of files, though. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
