Anyway way to read/delete file with a : in the name?

[Kelemvor]

Someone used some sort of program to save a file and somehow they were able to name the file something with a Colon 🙂) in it. Windows doesn't like to show files with Colons (and won't even let you create them).

Is there any sort of windows utility or DOS utility or anything else that would be able to read a filename with a colon in it?

 

[jackschmittusa]

Can you rename the file?

 

[Ryoga]

You could use a hex-based disk editor to alter the FAT and rename the file.

It would probably be easier to run a Knoppix CD and try to use Linux to rename it. I no longer remeber if Linux allows colons or not.

 

[imported_raybay]

Lots of software out there that will do it... You may have to code it, but a good advanced DOS manual will tell you how... Ask a student at the university who is skilled in any of a number of code programs... even Fortran, Linux, Macintosh... if they're good can rename it to something you can then rename once more to a conventional name.