[Virtualacorn-list] File errors

[Brian Jordan]

On 04 Jan, Barry Punchard <barry.punchard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Using VRPC-SE 1.0.6 under Windows XP I've had an annoying problem with
> some files I can't get rid of. They are called 'nul/png' or close
> variation and came with a website download. WeGen2 seems to create them.

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This rang a bell with me. It has to do with "nul" being an invalid file
name in Windows. Some time ago I had a similar problem and found this on
the Interweb - 

"I've found it's possible to whack files with invalid names by using a
sector editor to alter the filenames to something valid. In my case, I
accidentally created 'nul.png', which Windows kept mistaking for the nul
device whenever I tried to delete it. What I finally did to get rid of
nul.png was use Disk Explorer (an NTFS-aware sector editor) to rename the
'file' to 'nxx.png' and then deleted it normally."

HTH
Brian

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Brian Jordan
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