Folder creation up to an invalid path

[XPish]

Hi

This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
been recreated several times in to depth of its path and
now i am unable to delete the file under the path at all.

the path became like this

F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat

Please help me.

[XPish]

Hi

This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
been recreated several times in to depth of its path and
now i am unable to delete the file under the path at all.

the path became like this

F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
\cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat

Please help me.

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have you checked for any viruses or Spyware?

Will

"XPish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in message news:028501c34073$de54ec30$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> Hi
>
> This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
> been recreated several times in to depth of its path and
> now i am unable to delete the file under the path at all.
>
> the path became like this
>
> F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat
>
> Please help me.

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[Will Denny]

Hi

I've never seen anything like this before. Which program does Avseq01.dat belong to - or is it a download via a P2P program?

Will

"Xpish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in message news:076901c34077$14ab4380$a501280a@phx.gbl...

> Yeh, I have executed Trend Micro anti virus. But nothing
> was found suspectable,..may be a latest virus?
>
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi
> >
> >Have you checked for any viruses or Spyware?
> >
> >Will
> >
> >"XPish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in message news:028501c34073

> $de54ec30$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> >> Hi
> >>
> >> This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
> >> been recreated several times in to depth of its path

> and

> >> now i am unable to delete the file under the path at

> all.

> >>
> >> the path became like this
> >>
> >> F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat
> >>
> >> Please help me.

> >
> >
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> ([url]http://www.grisoft.com[/url]).

> >Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date:

> 30/06/2003

> >.
> >

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[Hyracotherium]

XPish wrote:

> Hi
>
> This might be a strange problem...

Not really - only the apparent lack of at least one obvious answer is
strange so perhaps I'm (or my newsgroup mirror is) missing something?

Read > [url]http://tinyurl.com/7eza[/url]

Note the sentence:
"Note that the shell and the file system may have different requirements. It
may be possible to create a path with the API that the shell UI cannot
handle."

Thus a possible remedial sequence of actions may include one or more of the
following:

1.Open up a DOS/CMD window and use relevant CD, REN, RD , DEL commands to
shorten the filename/path until less than 255 chars and can be deleted.

2. Investigate (or post new thread in appropriate forum) to resolve your
Multimedia application, Download manager or whatever that is incrementing
the path length.

3. Investigate availability of API/shell fix to avoid problem in future.

4. Write to Microsoft to request fix

5. Write to Bill Gates to request fix

6. Retire and die.

7. Receive and apply fix....

HTH
--�
Rgds Tony

Trivia note: I recall problem has been around since Windows origins in the
days of
OS2 and HPFS in the late 80's?<vbg>

[Will Denny]

Hi Cass

I enquired about the P2P program after looking at the OP's download path. If it is a (part) downloaded file via a P2P program I would look toward the file itself - or some other 'nasty' downloaded by that file - causing the problem. There again - my suggestion is probably way off - as usual.

We've got 'Googly' in the UK dicts. - won't be long before 'Googling' gets in there - I bet.

Will

"Amethyst" <amethyst@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bdua93$eje$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Will Denny wrote:

> > Hi
> >
> > I've never seen anything like this before. Which program does Avseq01.dat
> > belong to - or is it a download via a P2P program?
> >
> > Will

>
>
> Will,
>
> From what I can discern, from a brief Googling (now, how long do you reckon
> it'll be before that makes it into the dictionary? Apparently HP-related
> words such as 'muggle' and 'quidditch' are already being considered!) it
> just means an 'AV Sequence' data file, but that's all I can ascertain about
> it.
>
> Cass
>
>
>
>
> --
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>
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>
>

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[R. C. White]

Hi, XPish.

I have no idea what might have caused the problem, but here's a way that
SHOULD delete the file and all the subdirectories in the path.

Open a "DOS" window. Type: rd F:\Movies\cd1 /s

Answer "yes", you are sure.

This should remove the top cd1 directory - and all the subdirectories and
files within it, including the *.dat file at the bottom of the tree.

Please post back and tell us if it worked. If not, tell us exactly what you
did and exactly what happened. In a newsgroup, we all learn from each
other. ;<)

RC
--
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San Marcos, TX
[email]rc@corridor.net[/email]
Microsoft Windows MVP

"XPish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in message
news:028501c34073$de54ec30$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> Hi
>
> This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
> been recreated several times in to depth of its path and
> now i am unable to delete the file under the path at all.
>
> the path became like this
>
> F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> \cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat
>
> Please help me.

[Will Denny]

Question is - why did the problem occur in the 1st place? A P2P download...

Will

"R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote in message news:eksokKKQDHA.1908@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

> Hi, XPish.
>
> I have no idea what might have caused the problem, but here's a way that
> SHOULD delete the file and all the subdirectories in the path.
>
> Open a "DOS" window. Type: rd F:\Movies\cd1 /s
>
> Answer "yes", you are sure.
>
> This should remove the top cd1 directory - and all the subdirectories and
> files within it, including the *.dat file at the bottom of the tree.
>
> Please post back and tell us if it worked. If not, tell us exactly what you
> did and exactly what happened. In a newsgroup, we all learn from each
> other. ;<)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> [email]rc@corridor.net[/email]
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "XPish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in message
> news:028501c34073$de54ec30$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> > Hi
> >
> > This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
> > been recreated several times in to depth of its path and
> > now i am unable to delete the file under the path at all.
> >
> > the path became like this
> >
> > F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1\cd1
> > \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> > \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> > \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1\cd1
> > \cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat
> >
> > Please help me.

>
>

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[Will Denny]

"Amethyst" <amethyst@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bduqod$o7s$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Will Denny wrote:

> > Hi Cass
> >
> > I enquired about the P2P program after looking at the OP's download path.

> If

> > it is a (part) downloaded file via a P2P program I would look toward the

> file

> > itself - or some other 'nasty' downloaded by that file - causing the

> problem.

> > There again - my suggestion is probably way off - as usual.
> >
> > We've got 'Googly' in the UK dicts. - won't be long before 'Googling' gets

> in

> > there - I bet.
> >
> > Will

> >>

> >
> >
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>
> Yes, but 'googly' refers to a slow, left arm bowling action in cricket.

Hi Cass

You must be near Lords/The Oval as well as Wimbledon - you missed out spin. My wife has a completly different definition of a 'Googly'!!!!

Will




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[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I wonder if Xpish did a backup and included the backup location in the
folders to be backed up? That might create an almost endless recursion
of nested folders, depending on the backup application.

A command line del with wildcards might work.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Will Denny" <wjd4444uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi

I've never seen anything like this before. Which program does
Avseq01.dat belong to - or is it a download via a P2P program?

Will

"Xpish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in
message news:076901c34077$14ab4380$a501280a@phx.gbl...

> Yeh, I have executed Trend Micro anti virus. But nothing
> was found suspectable,..may be a latest virus?
>
>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi
> >
> >Have you checked for any viruses or Spyware?
> >
> >Will
> >
> >"XPish" <xpish@xp.com> wrote in message news:028501c34073

> $de54ec30$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> >> Hi
> >>
> >> This might be a strange problem...One of my folder has
> >> been recreated several times in to depth of its path

> and

> >> now i am unable to delete the file under the path at

> all.

> >>
> >> the path became like this
> >>
> >> F:\Movies\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\ cd1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\cd1\c d1

> \cd1

> >> \cd1\cd1\Avseq01.dat
> >>
> >> Please help me.

> >
> >
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> ([url]http://www.grisoft.com[/url]).

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> 30/06/2003

> >.
> >

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[Will Denny]

Cass

You couldn't be further from the truth - I used to go to Lord's several times a years and Wimbledon if the tickets were available. Football is game for 'Nancy's - they fall down and stay there until they get 'sponged'. Take us beating the Aussies - sorry David if you are read this - that is a game - knocked over and then up again - no bloody 'sponging'.

If you're not far from Lord's you must live near to a very good MVP friend of mine - not necessarily an XP MVP.

Will

"> I did, didn't I? It was a typo! And yes, I'm not that far from Lord's. I

> take it you're not really a cricket or a tennis fan? I've only ever been to
> Lord's once (being on a limited income, it was to the 5th day of the first
> test we played against the Sri Lankans last summer and the ticket was only
> £10). After the game our lot buggered off without stopping for so much as an
> autograph. The Sri Lankans, OTOH, were only too willing to sign autographs
> and chat. Aravinda da Silva was so keen (people were asking him to talk to
> their fathers/brothers/uncles/cousins/sisters/wives, on their mobiles) that
> Tilekeratne (sp) had to drag him onto the coach! I have a photo of myself
> with him and I have to say that he's the most charming man I've ever met.
> He's a god back home, but he's still 'normal'. He'll be missed. That was
> his last tour of England so I wanted to see him.
>
> I can't see David Beckham/Michael Owen/Paul Scholes/Joe Cole et al being
> quite so personable. Found out the other day that, if you include
> endorsements, DB earns in the region of half-a-million a WEEK! That's more
> than most will see in a lifetime! £26 millon a year. Mind you, that's
> peanuts compared to what Michael Jordan was earning at the peak of his
> career.
>

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[Ted]

"Amethyst" <amethyst@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bdvab0$t2l$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Will Denny wrote:

> > "Amethyst" <amethyst@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:bduqod$o7s$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...

> >> Will Denny wrote:
> >>> Hi Cass
> >>>
> >>> I enquired about the P2P program after looking at the OP's download

> path.

> >> If
> >>> it is a (part) downloaded file via a P2P program I would look toward the
> >> file
> >>> itself - or some other 'nasty' downloaded by that file - causing the
> >> problem.
> >>> There again - my suggestion is probably way off - as usual.
> >>>
> >>> We've got 'Googly' in the UK dicts. - won't be long before 'Googling'

> gets

> >> in
> >>> there - I bet.
> >>>
> >>> Will
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> >>> Checked by AVG anti-virus system ([url]http://www.grisoft.com[/url]).
> >>> Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/2003
> >>
> >> Yes, but 'googly' refers to a slow, left arm bowling action in cricket.

> >
> > Hi Cass
> >
> > You must be near Lords/The Oval as well as Wimbledon - you missed out

> spin.

> > My wife has a completly different definition of a 'Googly'!!!!
> >
> > Will
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system ([url]http://www.grisoft.com[/url]).
> > Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 30/06/2003

>
> I did, didn't I? It was a typo! And yes, I'm not that far from Lord's. I
> take it you're not really a cricket or a tennis fan? I've only ever been to
> Lord's once (being on a limited income, it was to the 5th day of the first
> test we played against the Sri Lankans last summer and the ticket was only
> £10). After the game our lot buggered off without stopping for so much as an
> autograph. The Sri Lankans, OTOH, were only too willing to sign autographs
> and chat. Aravinda da Silva was so keen (people were asking him to talk to
> their fathers/brothers/uncles/cousins/sisters/wives, on their mobiles) that
> Tilekeratne (sp) had to drag him onto the coach! I have a photo of myself
> with him and I have to say that he's the most charming man I've ever met.
> He's a god back home, but he's still 'normal'. He'll be missed. That was
> his last tour of England so I wanted to see him.
>
> I can't see David Beckham/Michael Owen/Paul Scholes/Joe Cole et al being
> quite so personable. Found out the other day that, if you include
> endorsements, DB earns in the region of half-a-million a WEEK! That's more
> than most will see in a lifetime! £26 millon a year. Mind you, that's
> peanuts compared to what Michael Jordan was earning at the peak of his
> career.

Will and Amethyst,

This is an XP newsgroup, that is, help and support for the many that have problems with XP seeking help, and is not an encounter group for daily idle chit-chat. When you make posts like these, you are wasting bandwidth, and the time of others seeking help because they click on these messages. Please socialise in the proper groups, ie, alt. I-violate-the-rules-I-set-on-others-because-my-chit-chat-is-more-important-than-their-irrelevant-help-requests.