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Dr X wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> A MAC using client sent me a USB drive with 6 zip files: 4 of the six unziped
> fine and created folders with the right files in them.  2 of the zip files
> created folders with files but when trying to open the files I got a "file is
 no
> longer located"... and then the path.
> 
> I wss able to delete the files in the folder, but can not delete the folder.
> The folder is on my desktop but I have been unable to delete or rename it
even
> though I can open the folder with windows explorer.  I have booted into safe
> mode command prompt and tried using the del command from the command line,
but
> still nothing.
> 
> I've checked the attributes but no success there.
> 
> Any Ideas.
> 
> TIA
> 
> MK
> 
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There might be an obscure character in the name that the system thinks ends the
 
name, so it finds no match in that software.

A delete or rename with a wildcard (whatever the DOS for it is) might work; 
though probably the folder is okay and you only have to rename it to something 
legal.

linux for finding obscure characters might be

ls | od -c

(Cygwin would let you do that, if you install it.)
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