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[Wings]

Someone uploaded a file to my server with an apostrophe in the file name. Something added a backslash to it, and now the file can't be dropped. I've used every possible combination. It can't be renamed either. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[Broni]

What do you mean by "server"?
What do you mean by "file can't be dropped"?

[contrex]

It's called getting "tagged". Happens a lot to FTP servers. This is when folders and/or files get created that contain reserved identifiers and confuse Windows Explorer, making it difficult to delete them. 

This product has a free version that is limited to 5 deletion operations and will not delete folders.

Delete FXP Files

http://www.jrtwine.com/products/dfxp/index.htm

Alternatively, have you tried the good ol' dir /x trick?

Open a Command Prompt window. Navigate to the folder that holds that file to be deleted.

At the command prompt, type: dir /x

This should produce the usual list of all files in that folder, but with an
extra column before the Long File Names (LFN) showing the Short File Names
(SFN), also known as the 8.3 filenames. Then use the del command with that
SFN.

Doesn't always work, but usually does. Worth a try.

[ash72]

I don't know much about servers ftp or otherwise but I had a problem a while back on my PC with XP.  I had a file that I could not delete and tried allsorts with free programs and DOS etc to delete it.  The way I deleted it in the end was to create a folder move the file to the folder and delete the folder.  This worked a treat.  Not sure if this will help but I thought it was worth mentioning.

[Wings]

server = my web host
file can't be dropped = file can't be deleted

Will try the product suggested. Thanks much.

I don't know of a way to move the file around once it's up at the host, but I will look again. My FTP program won't delete a remote folder that contains files. Sounds like a pretty good safeguard, but maybe I need a different FTP program?

I don't have a clue as to how to do command line commands on a file that isn't on my computer.

[patio]

The FTP program won't let you do anything you do not have permissions to do.
So it's not neccessarily the program itself but more how the machine you are accessing is set up.
Check with the host's Admin...