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i read in a computer magazine how you can name files using only spaces.
so i used it to clean my desktop a bit.

now i wanted to replace one of the folders on my desktop with a shotcut, but
windows simply refuses to start deleting or moving it(nothing happens, not
even an error)
when i use CMD to delete it i get an error that the filename is invalid.

i'm using windows vista home premium
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thedicemaster;617041 Wrote:
Have who tried renaming the folder back to something else that doesn't
use only spaces?


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renaming falls under the actions not working.

i can do anything around the folders, but the folders themselves can't be
changed.

"dzomlija" wrote:

Try refreshing your desktop.
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"thedicemaster" wrote:

i actually already rebooted a few times.

eventually i managed to remove the folders.
i set a folder "C:\testdesktop" to be my desktop, and let windows move all
contents of my desktop to that folder.
i then set my desktop to it's default position in users, but without moving
back all files.
from there i dragged the testdesktop folder, with the bugged folders inside,
into the recycle bin.
there i had to press the empty button twice, and after opening recycle bin
again the folders where gone.

"PaulB" wrote: