I copied some files using macOS Finder to an exFAT partition so I ended up having lots of hidden dot files in the folder. I can delete them without any issue in Explorer, but whenever I run the del
command I always get "Could Not Find" error in cmd even though they can be listed with dir
D:\>dir /a "D:\._DSCF0035.JPG" Volume in drive D is Data Volume Serial Number is 7802-8428 Directory of D:\ 12/04/2021 10:08 SA 4.096 ._DSCF0035.JPG D:\>del "D:\._DSCF0035.JPG" Could Not Find D:\._DSCF0035.JPG D:\>del /f "D:\._DSCF0035.JPG" Could Not Find D:\._DSCF0035.JPG
In PowerShell I also got error if deleting normally but if I add -Force
to Remove-Item
it succeeded
PS D:\> ls -Force "D:\._DSCF0009.JPG" Directory: D:\ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a-h-- 4/12/2021 10:08 AM 4096 ._DSCF0009.JPG PS D:\> rm "D:\._DSCF0009.JPG" rm : Cannot remove item D:\._DSCF0009.JPG: You do not have sufficient access rights to perform this operation. At line:1 char:1 + rm "D:\._DSCF0009.JPG" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (D:\._DSCF0009.JPG:FileInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemUnAuthorizedAccess,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand PS D:\> rm -Force "D:\._DSCF0009.JPG" # Succeeded PS D:\>
I tried starting cmd and PowerShell in normal and elevated mode but the same thing happens. Why does it fail in every case except Explorer and PowerShell with -Force
?