Cant remove folder - name invisible

I have a folder in the C:\ directory in windows xp. The folder name appears to be a single special character ('dir ?' shows the time and date, but no name).

I don't know what the special character is, so I can't use the alt-code, and explorer won't let me delete or rename the folder - I get the error message: 'Cannot read from the source file or disk'.

Does anyone know of a way to delete such a file?

Thanks!

 

In the absence of any other expertise.....

Download and install FileTargets:

http://www.moonsoftware.com/


Choose from the right-click menu to copy the the file name to the clipboard.

Run: cmd

Type:
del

and then right-click the cmd window and Paste the filename.

<Enter>

(You may need to introduce a space at some point.)