Remove file with double quotes in filename (Windows 7)

Question

I have 2 files on a Windows 7 32-bit pc that are named:

• Caecilia PMN A"
• ._Caecilia PMN A"

I'm trying to delete them, but I'm not succeeding because of the double quotes. The files are not locked, I have permission to delete them, the path to the files is not deep.

I've tried:

• the DelinvFile tool at http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/
• the tips at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081
• UnxUtils rm -rf

Does anyone know what else I can try?

Answer 1

All files are going to have a DOS alias (assuming 8.3 file naming isn't disabled). You can use this to manipulate the files also.

Steps as follows:

• Find out what the short name is (using dir/x)
• Delete it using the short name
• In the screenshot below you can see that the GenerateMachineKey.exe is the only one that needs a short 8.3 name (highlighted)