have a computer problem

[peppers]

^thanks but before I try this what dose the command echo some random text do?

[goodie]

the echo command simply repeats whatever you type, back at you. For example if you type:

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echo some random text

Then it will respond with:

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some random text

The > tells it to send that output into a file you specify, instead of the screen. So basically, it should allow you to put some information into the file, so it isn't 0 bytes.

[bicostp]

Hmmm, try this: go into Notepad and type random letters. Then save it as "weird." in the same directory, thus making a file that takes up space, which can then be thrown into the recycle bin.

[peppers]

nope that dose the same thing as trying to save over it and creates a new file you can then erace the invisable file but if you do the newley created file becomes the invisable file or the outher way around and you cant erace them both at the same time

[peppers]

how do yo get a list of all dos commands?

[bicostp]

http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm

http://www.easydos.com/dosindex.html

http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/CCSOcourses/DOS-rev.html

^sorry if you knew some of the basics, but these sites have about everything.

[peppers]

nothing peppers can think of and anything several outher people can think of can make the files go away sad peppers

[nos_slived]

Peppers, post a link to the file you downloaded so I can have the exact same problem. I know that I have had similar problems and can fix it, but I need to go in hands on, deep and dirty with the little sucker.

[peppers]

I already discrided how to remake the error with any file although I would not recamend doing it chanses are youd never be rid of it

[sam]

apparently whenever you download a file with internet explorer named "weird."<as in missing the stuff to tell your computer what it is yet has the . will result in an error that caused invisible file named the same thing witch has no data behind it and is impossible to erase

how do I erase such a file?

and I don’t want to hear any crap about fire fox I know it exists and I know its better but I still sometime use internet explorer

Two things use firefox, and i didnt read to see if this was posted already... reboot in safe mode and delete.

[nos_slived]

I already discrided how to remake the error with any file although I would not recamend doing it chanses are youd never be rid of it

You said it, but some people(Bic) have tried it, and they didn't get the problem. I need to get the exact same thing. I have had a similar error, and I know that I can get rid of it.

[bicostp]

OOH! I got another answer! Did you try running ScanDisk? You might have disk corruption or a problem with the file allocation tables.

[peppers]

made some progress sort of

if I make a new file name it the same thing as the problem file then erace the . at the end of the problem file then erace one of them then undo delete there will be onley one file witch can be eraced and then its gone for a wile

BUT as soon as I restart they are back

[peppers]

what no more ideas?

reward has been increased to 2000 meat im not goin any higher than that

its not that hard of an error to make im sure outhers have done it as a matter of fack I know goodie has done it but dose not relised it

[peppers]

I stooped to the lowest of asking microsoft about it

im now takeing bets
they wont get back to me at all 2-1 odds
they will get back to me but with total useless crap 2-1 odds
they will get back to me with the correct answer 2-50 odds