What is this character and how do you type it in DOS...?

>> £ <<

I downloaded a game tonite, didn't like it, and tried to delete it.
It wasn't a standard install, and had no uninstall...you just delete the folder.
(OK it was a cracked game with no install...just an unpack...please...no lectures...just help please...)
While trying to empty the recycle bin, it said it couldn't find some weird named file, and wouldn't let me empty it.
I went into the game folder, and started deleting folders one by one.
I got to a folder with what appeared to be some sort of texture files, with a crapload of 'em in there.
They looked like they had the same sort of name as what the recycle bin wouldn't delete.
So I started deleting them, column by column...one by one...
till I got to two of them that just won't delete.
When I try to delete them, move them, rename them, change the properties...I get this error message...

"Cannot Delete File
Windows is unable to find the file.
This item might have already been deleted or moved.
Press F5 to refresh the view of this folder."
I refreshed, rebooted, rebooted and tried in safemode...
Ran my antivirus and adware/spyware progs...
NOTHING makes these two files go away, and windows is saying it can find them...
WTF...???
So I did some reaserch on the net, and I read that you need to delete it in DOS.
I don't know DOS...but seem to remember this happening a few yrs. ago, and someone talking me thru a "deltree" (?) in DOS.
So I got like C:>DEL Foldername\filename.extension...
but the filename has that damned weird symbol/character typed above in it's name that I don't know how to type.
(I had to copy and paste t from the actual filename.)
Anyone up and awake out there...?
Please help...???
Thanks!
The Magician

Re: What is this character...? by Crazy

Crazy
Wed Jul 14 02:19:37 CDT 2004


"The Magician" <vanished@thedropofahat.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b5e9c39a80390c6989721@news.optonline.net...
>
> What is this character and how do you type it in DOS...?
>
> >> £ <<

That's the symbol for British currency, the pound.

>
> I downloaded a game tonite, didn't like it, and tried to delete it.
> It wasn't a standard install, and had no uninstall...you just delete the
folder.
> (OK it was a cracked game with no install...just an unpack...please...no
lectures...just help please...)
> While trying to empty the recycle bin, it said it couldn't find some weird
named file, and wouldn't let me empty it.
> I went into the game folder, and started deleting folders one by one.
> I got to a folder with what appeared to be some sort of texture files,
with a crapload of 'em in there.
> They looked like they had the same sort of name as what the recycle bin
wouldn't delete.
> So I started deleting them, column by column...one by one...
> till I got to two of them that just won't delete.
> When I try to delete them, move them, rename them, change the
properties...I get this error message...
>
> "Cannot Delete File
> Windows is unable to find the file.
> This item might have already been deleted or moved.
> Press F5 to refresh the view of this folder."
> I refreshed, rebooted, rebooted and tried in safemode...
> Ran my antivirus and adware/spyware progs...
> NOTHING makes these two files go away, and windows is saying it can find
them...
> WTF...???
> So I did some reaserch on the net, and I read that you need to delete it
in DOS.
> I don't know DOS...but seem to remember this happening a few yrs. ago, and
someone talking me thru a "deltree" (?) in DOS.
> So I got like C:>DEL Foldername\filename.extension...

> but the filename has that damned weird symbol/character typed above



It's about as weird as this one - $ -



> (I had to copy and paste t from the actual filename.)

> Anyone up and awake out there...?
> Please help...???
> Thanks!
> The Magician
>

Have you tried deleting the files in Safe Mode? And while you're at it, try
running Scandisk.



Re: What is this character...? by The

The
Wed Jul 14 03:41:01 CDT 2004

In article <40f4de7d$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>, NO_SPAM@corned_beef.com says...

> That's the symbol for British currency, the pound.

> It's about as weird as this one - $ -

Hey...wut can I tell ya...?
Thought it could possibly be that...but...
I don't use it, don't see it an awful lot, kinda unrecognizable in some font sets to my eye.
I'm sure in some sripts...the dollar sign would look kinda foreign to you too.

> Have you tried deleting the files in Safe Mode? And while you're at it, try
> running Scandisk.


> > I refreshed, rebooted, rebooted and tried in safemode...
> > Ran my antivirus and adware/spyware progs...

Ummm...yeah...I did.
Read up on DOS and figured out how to Deltree the whole shebang.
Gone!
Nifty dat deltree...!

Thanks anywayz...
The Magician

Re: What is this character...? by Shane

Shane
Wed Jul 14 09:12:21 CDT 2004


"The Magician" <vanished@thedropofahat.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b5ebbaa500f041f989722@news.optonline.net...
> In article <40f4de7d$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
NO_SPAM@corned_beef.com says...
>
> > That's the symbol for British currency, the pound.
>
> > It's about as weird as this one - $ -
>
> Hey...wut can I tell ya...?
> Thought it could possibly be that...but...
> I don't use it, don't see it an awful lot, kinda unrecognizable in some
font sets to my eye.
> I'm sure in some sripts...the dollar sign would look kinda foreign to you
too.
>
> > Have you tried deleting the files in Safe Mode? And while you're at it,
try
> > running Scandisk.
>
>
> > > I refreshed, rebooted, rebooted and tried in safemode...
> > > Ran my antivirus and adware/spyware progs...
>
> Ummm...yeah...I did.
> Read up on DOS and figured out how to Deltree the whole shebang.
> Gone!
> Nifty dat deltree...!
>

I had a file with Russian characters that Windows insisted didn't exist. Had
to use Norton Disk Edit to rename it. otoh I could have loaded a Russian
keyboard afaik and you might have been able to delete/rename just the single
file after loading a British keyboard.

Shane



Re: What is this character...? by heirloom

heirloom
Wed Jul 14 16:05:44 CDT 2004

Alt-0163 will type the £ sign......not unlike what I just did <g>.
Heirloom, old and found it


"Shane" <arthursixpence@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2lktc9FdunqiU1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> "The Magician" <vanished@thedropofahat.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1b5ebbaa500f041f989722@news.optonline.net...
> > In article <40f4de7d$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
> NO_SPAM@corned_beef.com says...
> >
> > > That's the symbol for British currency, the pound.
> >
> > > It's about as weird as this one - $ -
> >
> > Hey...wut can I tell ya...?
> > Thought it could possibly be that...but...
> > I don't use it, don't see it an awful lot, kinda unrecognizable in some
> font sets to my eye.
> > I'm sure in some sripts...the dollar sign would look kinda foreign to
you
> too.
> >
> > > Have you tried deleting the files in Safe Mode? And while you're at
it,
> try
> > > running Scandisk.
> >
> >
> > > > I refreshed, rebooted, rebooted and tried in safemode...
> > > > Ran my antivirus and adware/spyware progs...
> >
> > Ummm...yeah...I did.
> > Read up on DOS and figured out how to Deltree the whole shebang.
> > Gone!
> > Nifty dat deltree...!
> >
>
> I had a file with Russian characters that Windows insisted didn't exist.
Had
> to use Norton Disk Edit to rename it. otoh I could have loaded a Russian
> keyboard afaik and you might have been able to delete/rename just the
single
> file after loading a British keyboard.
>
> Shane
>
>