bat file does not see login name folder

When I enter DEL /s /q c:\Docume~1\Temp it will dump the files in Temp. When I enter DEL /s /q c:\Docume~1\Walt&Betty\Temp it tells me Could not find DEL /s /q c:\Docume~1\Walt I wonder if it is because of the & instead of and. If I try to rename the folder it tells me I can't because it is a system folder. I changed the name in Control Panel, User Accounts, Change an Account, Change my Name, But that did not change the folder name. I might be able to change the name in Safe Mode, but I do not know if that would be safe to do.

 

Change your .bat to read thus:
DEL /s /q c:\Docume~1\Walt&B~1\Temp

 

I tried that and got. Could not find C:\docume~1\Walt The system could not find the path specified. It did not work either.

 

Try running the bat file from cmd.exe rather than command.com and use the long file name rather than the ~ shortened 8.3 name.

 

That might work, but I bet it's still going to hang on the "& ".
Anyone remember what the ascii code is for &?

 

alt 038

 

I went to Control Panel, User Accounts, Create New Account, and created a new account. WaltAnd Betty. Copied the files from Walt&Betty to WaltAnd Betty. Changed the line in the bat file to. DEL /s /q c:\Docume~1\WaltAn~1\Temp It works. I am guessing that it was the "&" that was causing the problem. Everyting else seems to work also. Will give it a few days and will try to delete Walt&Betty Account. Thanks to everyone.