[Virtualacorn-list] File errors

[Barry Punchard]

On 4 Jan          brian.jordan9 at btinternet.com wrote:

> 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.
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> 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 - 
Yes, and another problem file is 'prn.zip', so a similar reason?
> 
> "I've found it's possible to whack files with invalid names by using a
> sector editor to alter the filenames to something valid. 

I was thinking that was my only hope. Thanks.

> 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."

Thanks again, Brian. Now all I have to do is work out how to use the free
trial download of Disk Explorer Proffessional. It seems rather different
from the Norton Disk Sector Editor I used for years at DOS level.

Is this a problem that VRPC could protect against?

Barry

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