May 7, 200818 yr Hi Vista Users, I would like to know that why the the terror of this folder reation by Alt + 255 is coming in vista. I make a New Folder and then named it invisble by pressing "Alt + 255".Now I'm in trouble that it is not being deleted.Following is not performed on it: 1. Deletion2. Copy 'n' Paste3. RenameI also tried to delete or rename via Cmd in admin mode but not geting solution. Try to solve...
May 7, 200818 yr I rights click "New" > "WinRAR Archive" and dragged the " " (nameless) folder into it and selected "Delete files after archiving".... that got rid of the folder. Edited May 7, 200818 yr by LegoLiam™
May 7, 200818 yr Open cmd and navigate to folderand type rd "< press ALT+255 >"it looks like thisrd " "hit enter and your folder will be removed permanently !
May 7, 200818 yr Author I rights click "New" > "WinRAR Archive" and dragged the " " (nameless) folder into it and selected "Delete files after archiving".... that got rid of the folder.Thanx it's worked......but if anybody don't hv rar or else then how toget rid of it???U solved 1 prob of deletion only...what about Rename, copy 'n' paste. Edited May 7, 200818 yr by arvind_kumar
May 7, 200818 yr Author Open cmd and navigate to folderand type rd "< press ALT+255 >"it looks like thisrd " "hit enter and your folder will be removed permanently !dude it's not working i tried
May 7, 200818 yr I hav tried and it works like a charm....both quote contains a single space made by pressing ALT+255 key.
May 7, 200818 yr Author I hav tried and it works like a charm....both quote contains a single space made by pressing ALT+255 key.Ya, it's working i just missed quotes....Thanx
May 7, 200818 yr Open cmd and navigate to folderand typerd "< press ALT+255 >"it looks like thisrd " "hit enter and your folder will be removed permanently !Worked for me, thx... you have to have the quotation marks Edited May 7, 200818 yr by LegoLiam™
May 8, 200818 yr Well ALT+255 isn't NULL or SPACE... its the command for DELETE. So if you are having problems naming folders with the delete command, try using something else maybe? Windows really isn't designed to handle folders where their names are system commands.
May 9, 200818 yr I hav tried and it works like a charm....both quote contains a single space made by pressing ALT+255 key.Ya, it's working i just missed quotes....ThanxOpen cmd and navigate to folderand typerd "< press ALT+255 >"it looks like thisrd " "hit enter and your folder will be removed permanently !Worked for me, thx... you have to have the quotation marksYea....good to see...it works for you also..
October 1, 200817 yr Open cmd and navigate to folderand type rd "< press ALT+255 >"it looks like thisrd " "hit enter and your folder will be removed permanently !If u want to rename the folder please follow the stepsmove "<press ALT+255>" Your File name whatever it is
October 1, 200817 yr I rights click "New" > "WinRAR Archive" and dragged the " " (nameless) folder into it and selected "Delete files after archiving".... that got rid of the folder.Thanx it's worked......but if anybody don't hv rar or else then how toget rid of it???U solved 1 prob of deletion only...what about Rename, copy 'n' paste.If u want to rename the folder please follow the stepsOpen cmd and navigate to folderand typemove "< press ALT+255 >" your File name whatever it isit looks like thismove " " MSFNhit enter and your folder will be renamed to MSFN
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