re: Automatic Download Problems
Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 10:31 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by borg
(2664 messages posted)
Files with colon and less-than characters in their names? As far as I know both characters
are illegal for filenames. You can to leave them as they are if everything works
fine. If it doesn't or you want to fix this anyway try this:
First try to delete them using explorer. If this doesn't work, chkdsk should be able
to solve the problem: in My Computer r-click on C:, Properties, Tools, Check Now,
tick "Automatically fix ...", confirm that you want a scheduled check and reboot
(and wait, it takes some time). If chkdsk fails too, there is still another way.
Such files should have alternate names used by legacy DOS applications. Start ->
Run and copy/paste this:
cmd /c dir /o /n /x %windir% > "%userprofile%\desktop\windir.txt"
Now on your desktop is a text file containing a 6 column table with all files and
folders in c:\windows. The fifth column is the alternate name, the sixth (last) one
is the "normal" name. Now you can delete the files using del commands in a command
prompt window:
cd /d %windir%
del alternate-name-1
del alternate-name-2
...
Now the second question: that directory contains Java Runtime Plugin (JPI) cache
files. It's the Java equivalent of Temporary Internet Files. It should be safe to
empty it manually. Newer versions of Sun Java don't use that directory and you can
control how much data their cache can store and empty it with a control panel applet.
Better uninstall current Java (all Sun Java things in Add/Remove Programs),
remove .jpi_cache then go to java.sun.com and
install the JRE's latest version.
What are the files? Gif and jpg are images, .au is an audio format, .idx I don't
know, .class are compiled Java classes (i.e. programs).
CCleaner is a nice, free program to cleanup
all sorts of junk, including the above one. Don't use the "issues" tab.
On Thursday, October 6, 2005 at 9:11 am, Anita A. wrote:
>Borg, I set up the rules in Sygate. I really appreciate all the help that you have
>given me. I do have a couple more questions for you though. I've noticed when
I've
>been looking at files on my hard drive that in the Windows folder there are 30 or
>more files with names like :' or <'. The type is "file" and they are all about
4.0
>KB. Any idea what these are? Last one, under Documents & Settings > Owner > .jpi
>cache > 1.0 there are almost 900 files with extensions like .gif, .jpg, .idx, .au,
>.class, etc. What are these and do they ever get emptied? Thanks.
>
>Anita
>
>
>
|
All messages in this thread [show all]
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | re: Automatic Download Problems (borg: Thu, Oct 6, 2005, 10:31 am) |
| |
| |
| |
Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum
|
|
