just a tiny footnote:
V.Buerg's LIST doesn't cost anything for individual, non-commercial use
(and precisely not with very occasional use like the one in question.)
A condition which wouldn't _prohibit_ you, or anyone, to contribute to
this marvellous utility's maintaining and improvement by regis
Thanks to all, I was able to cure the problem in an unexpected way. I tried
downloading one of those dos utils to view and kill the files (not LIST 'cuase it cost
something, and I don't need that kind of help often) and they couldn't find the files
either. I also tried attrib and still no luck.