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Deleting Extension less Files In NT4

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by cenedra

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Hello,

We have an NT4 Server with an oracle dB sitting on it. when trying to clear up enough space to do a proper backup we came across a number of Extension less files in the archived recycle bin. When we tried to delete them, instead of deleting and freeing the space, they created another extension less file. we've tried renaming the files to *.txt, but the same thing still happens. Short of re-installing the OS, does anyone have any ideas?

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by wrcotton

How are you deleteing them? With Windows Explorer? If you want to clear the Recycle Bin you should right-click on the desktop icon and select 'Empty Recycle Bin'.

by cenedra

This was the first thing we tried! what this did was create mulitple extension less files (one for each one already in there).

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