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Cannot access a file with foreign characters
Posted by Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) on August 5th, 2003


SVC wrote:
yes, what is the message.
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Posted by SVC on August 6th, 2003


Actually, it is couple of files in several directories.

This behavior is also observed with attachments on e-mail.
Once the attachment is received with foreign characters,
it is practically impossible to delete it (since we cannot
access it). The only way I found out to delete the file is
actually removing its parent directory...


Going through Win98 to recuperate the files is tedious and
I am convinced that it is an NT problem since the same
behavior (not being able to access) is observed in
NT/2000/XP.

I was looking for a fix on the OS (patch/Service pack)
side rather than doing the tedious job.

Thanks,
S.




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