I have a folder in a external hard disk created from linux.
When I try to open that directory from Windows, I can't do it.
The name of the folder is 2013-? with a special character who in Windows we can't open.
How to rename this folder from Windows 7 to open it? It exists a command line in DOS?
1 Answer
Option A: Run Scandisk Explorer -> Properties -> Tools -> Error-checking - this should / could fix it.
Option B: Download TotalCommander and use this to rename the files
echo Trolololol > \\?\C:\cant-touch-this.
Only someone who knows the quirks and hacks of the Windows path parser can delete it :D Even scandisk/chkdsk won't report any errors.del \\?\C:\cant-touch-this.
is the solution. The ` \\?\ ` namespace prefix disables path parsing, which preserves the trailing dot. This /might/ work for your?
character problem too, but I wouldn't bet on it.