re: File System Error (1026)
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3588 messages posted)
||If I move the file to the Desktop,
||what would I need to type in to get to this file?
|| gerald Keene
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I have no idea why you think you need to MOVE it.
That seems like a complete waste of time and effort
--unless you wanted to put it in the **root** directory.
(...and just deleting it would take 1 step less).
|I just tried to move the file to the Desktop from My Documents
|and can't do that either.
| gerald Keene
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Moving it to a directry whose name contains a space
seems even MORE foolish, as that causes EXTRA hassles in DOS.
(Thanks, Microsoft.)
|I get the same File System Error (1026) message.
|
I don't know how anybody using a M$ OS survives for more than 10 minutes
without this shell extension:
cache of http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
Download it and install it.
(You might have to restart Windows. I forget.) If so, Thanks again, Microsoft.
Right-click the junk file.
Select *Copy Name To Clipboard*.
This copies the entire PATH of the item.
Go to the root directory (C:\).
Make a file named KillJunk.bat.
Open the file for editing with a text editor.
Type
ECHO This file kills off junk files that can't be deleted from Windoze.
.On the next line, type
DEL{hit the spacebar once}{Double quote mark}paste from the Clipboard{Double
quote mark}
You should have something in the form
DEL "C:\$ParentDirectory\$Subdirectory\$FileName.ext"
Repeat this on a new line for any other undeletable files.
Save the file and exit the editor.
You can try to execute the batch file from Windoze
--but I doubt that will work any better that what you have seen.
Restart the computer in Real DOS,
type in the name KillJunk, and hit Enter.
Verify that the junk has been deleted.
NOTE: If this doesn't work, paste the PATH of the file into your next post
and we'll do it the REAL DOS way (8.3 names).
When you have finished the task,
you can delete the batch file or save it for future editing and re-use.
|The C prompt appeared and I tried dir *.ur?
|[...]Bad Command or File Name
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The *Bad Command* part makes no sense.
DIR is an internal command; if the DOS kernel will load, the command should work.
A DIR command with no other parameters will certainly function
--but that won't do what you need done.
If the file is nested down in the directory tree, then *Bad...File Name* makes sense.
I would say that DOS takes more patience and precision than you possess.
(I suggest you print this page and scratch off EACH item as you do it
so you don't make the same kinds of errors you did with Keith's instructions.)
The PathCopy shell extension I mentioned is a MUCH easier way to handle this
--and you end up with a useful utility as well.
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