Orphaned directories, how can I delete them??

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I am stupid. I admit it !!

I have a server runing Win2K Adv. server and was running it wide open to the
internet for web stuff I was fooling around with. In the course of time some
ftp deamon or worm got into the machine and has hijacked a shared folder
that had some of the test bed stuff in. I am able to drop to a command
prompt and forcefully delete all the files (There were a few good movies in
there!!) but I cannot delete the folders that were created. some of the
folders are un-named(or are in some other file system structure) and others
have all kinds of other weird creations like "LPT1" and "COM1" to
chararcters of different kinds.

Can anyone suggest a utility to remove these ophaned directories. I remember
the old Norton commander used to take care of these things in the 8.3 world
but not sure what can do it for NTFS, I have tried a few Linux ported tools
to no avail !! There are like 21000 direcories and subs.

Any suggestions ??

Signed: thick as a brick
 
From a command prompt try;

del \\.\Drive:\directory\filename
(Note: the period between \\ and \)

Also

dir /x
and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

|I am stupid. I admit it !!
|
| I have a server runing Win2K Adv. server and was running it wide open to
the
| internet for web stuff I was fooling around with. In the course of time
some
| ftp deamon or worm got into the machine and has hijacked a shared folder
| that had some of the test bed stuff in. I am able to drop to a command
| prompt and forcefully delete all the files (There were a few good movies
in
| there!!) but I cannot delete the folders that were created. some of the
| folders are un-named(or are in some other file system structure) and
others
| have all kinds of other weird creations like "LPT1" and "COM1" to
| chararcters of different kinds.
|
| Can anyone suggest a utility to remove these ophaned directories. I
remember
| the old Norton commander used to take care of these things in the 8.3
world
| but not sure what can do it for NTFS, I have tried a few Linux ported
tools
| to no avail !! There are like 21000 direcories and subs.
|
| Any suggestions ??
|
| Signed: thick as a brick
|
|
 
Hi Randy,

Have dealt with customer in the past that have used this article with great
success. Give it a try and post back to the newsgroup if it help your
scenario or not.

120716 How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=120716

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Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

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Thanks Mike I was travelling down this road to!
Mike Rosado said:
Hi Randy,

Have dealt with customer in the past that have used this article with
great
success. Give it a try and post back to the newsgroup if it help your
scenario or not.

120716 How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=120716

--
Hope this helps,
Mike Rosado
Windows 2000 MCSE + MCDBA
Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support
Windows NT/2000/2003 Cluster Technologies

====================================================
When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so
that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
====================================================

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rights.
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Delighting customers is our top priority. We welcome your valuable
comments
and suggestions about how to improve the service we provide you. So if you
would like provided us feedback, feel free to e-mail my manager Brian
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Thank you.

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I am stupid. I admit it !!

I have a server runing Win2K Adv. server and was running it wide open to the
internet for web stuff I was fooling around with. In the course of time some
ftp deamon or worm got into the machine and has hijacked a shared folder
that had some of the test bed stuff in. I am able to drop to a command
prompt and forcefully delete all the files (There were a few good movies in
there!!) but I cannot delete the folders that were created. some of the
folders are un-named(or are in some other file system structure) and others
have all kinds of other weird creations like "LPT1" and "COM1" to
chararcters of different kinds.

Can anyone suggest a utility to remove these ophaned directories. I remember
the old Norton commander used to take care of these things in the 8.3 world
but not sure what can do it for NTFS, I have tried a few Linux ported tools
to no avail !! There are like 21000 direcories and subs.

Any suggestions ??

Signed: thick as a brick
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How hard is it for you to reformat the whole HD partition, taking into an
accouint of backing up the needed files? OTOH, I usually remove such
directory with its contents and if the directory had a weird name, I
preceeded it with a `"' followed by the first few characters of the
directory name, hit a TAB key for completion, and ending the line with a
"/s" before hitting the return key. When prompted, I just pressed "y" to
confirm the deletion of the directory along with its contents.
 
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