Microsoft KB Archive/65901

= Cannot Delete Empty Subdirectory on Novell Server =

Article ID: 65901

Article Last Modified on 7/7/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q65901



SUMMARY
You may experience problems deleting and displaying empty directories with Microsoft Windows running on a Novell network if the SHOW DOTS=ON line is not in the SHELL.CFG file. Specifically, you may get the following error message:

Error Deleting File   Cannot delete :\ \*.*.

Cannot find file; check to ensure the path and filename are correct

This error occurs when you attempt to delete an empty subdirectory using File Manager on a Novell NetWare server if the SHOW DOTS=ON line is not specified in the SHELL.CFG file. The variables and above would be replaced by the actual drive and directory name that you are attempting to delete.



MORE INFORMATION
The SHOW DOTS=ON line causes the [..] directory entry to be displayed in File Manager. The SHELL.CFG file must be located in the same directory as IPX.COM and the NETx.COM file (where x is either 3 or 4 depending on the MS- DOS version in use). If the SHELL.CFG file does not exist, it can be created using any nonformatting text editor (such as Notepad) by writing SHOW DOTS=ON and then saving the file as SHELL.CFG to the appropriate directory.

An additional symptom of not having SHOW DOTS=ON is the error message

No Files Found

The directory :\ \*.* does not contain any files

when you attempt to access an empty directory on the server.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a 3.10 3.11

Keywords: KB65901

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