How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Hello Once More - I have a couple of CYGWIN/X directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator. This is a question for the person(s) who wrote the cygwin and cygwin/x Windows installation scripts. The directories and files were installed via the CYGWIN/X

Re: How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Earle F. Philhower III
For undeletable files first run chkdsk /f on the drive and make sure it's clean. Then try the steps listed in the MS KB article linked below, especially the subinacl command and the del \\?\ suggestions. You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume

Re: How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Earle - You were right, thanks. The solution is logged below so that it can be searched for in the archives. At 04:37 PM 7/30/2004 -0700, you wrote: For undeletable files first run chkdsk /f on the drive and make sure it's clean. Then try the steps listed in the MS KB article linked below,

How do I delete crashed cygwin/x directories on W2K?

2004-07-30 Thread Don V Black
Hello Once More - I have a couple of CYGWIN/X directories on my hard drive that I cannot remove even when I logon as Administrator. This is a question for the person(s) who wrote the cygwin and cygwin/x Windows installation scripts. The directories and files were installed via the CYGWIN/X