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--- software:microsoft:windows:commands [2024/03/09 21:11] – [Windows command line continue line with ^ () or use variables] superwizard
+++ software:microsoft:windows:commands [2024/11/07 22:36] (current) – [Windows 10 folder with a name that has a trailing space] superwizard
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+====== Windows Commands ======
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+====== Windows 10 folder with a name that has a trailing space ======
+<WRAP center round box >
+-11-05
+Here you go:
+    rd   /s  /q  "\\?\D:\Woodlawn Data\Folder 9 "
+Please remember to mark my reply by clicking "Did this solve your problem?". It's your way of saying "Thank you".
+You have to dig much deeper than "rd /?" to find out what my syntax did. In essense \\?\ bypasses the Windows parsing process, thus allowing file/folder names that are basically illegal. Using the same syntax you could create a folder called "LPT1" or "ABC..." neither of which is allowed with the normal syntax.
+From <https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/i-somehow-created-a-windows-10-folder-with-a-name/0968bff5-c5eb-4701-827b-d1bdb084ccc7>
+  Dir /x
+note the short name of the problem folder - this will end in ~1
+to rename the folder type the following and press enter
+  ren shortname~1
+From <https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/remove-a-folder-with-space-at-the-end/2db209ad-9e82-41dd-b05b-4ed681845aa9>
+</WRAP>
 ====== Windows command line continue line with ^ () or use variables ======