Windows 10: Accidentally naming a file con.txt and can't delete it

Discus and support Accidentally naming a file con.txt and can't delete it in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Last time i was doing this just as an experiment and windows didn't stop me. This time however when i tried to clean up my pc this is what happened.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Max Guo, Apr 6, 2022.

  1. Max Guo Win User

    Accidentally naming a file con.txt and can't delete it


    Last time i was doing this just as an experiment and windows didn't stop me. This time however when i tried to clean up my pc this is what happened. Any ideas on how i can get rid of it?

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    Max Guo, Apr 6, 2022
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  2. Teo5132 Win User

    accidentally delete a system txt

    i accidentally delete a system txt and the icon on taskbar start missing everytime i start the pc, cannot open apps in search and cannot search some apps, cannot right click on the windows icon.

    All of this start after i accidentally delete a system txt
     
    Teo5132, Apr 6, 2022
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  3. dark2099 Win User
    Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

    I want to be able to generate a .txt file that lists all the files and folders in a specific folder on my PC, but don't know the name of any programs that do that. Searched on google a bit and came up with this guide, but it's for XP and I can't seem to find some of the folder options to modify the .bat file. Any suggestions? Thanks

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/file_list_generator.htm

    EDIT: The .bat file will do what I want if it is in the folder I want to do it in, but the option I want to add is having the right click option that it shows.
     
    dark2099, Apr 6, 2022
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  4. Accidentally naming a file con.txt and can't delete it

    Generating a .txt based file list in Windows 7

    No, that > bla.txt is the target file to write to. You could use a wildcard in the argument, ie c:\windows\*.txt which would list all dlls in c:\windows. But adding that to a simple right-click would be tricky.

    Basically you would execute fancyfile.bat c:\windows\*.txt, fancyfile.bat would then write all .txt files to bla.txt.
     
    DanTheBanjoman, Apr 6, 2022
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