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DEL Command Gives Nonintuitive Message

Article ID: 102881

Article Last Modified on 4/8/2004

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SYMPTOMS

When you are using the DEL command at the command prompt to delete all the files in a directory, the following message appears:
*, Are you sure (Y/N)?
This anomaly occurs when you issue the command "DEL *.*" or "DEL ." (without the quotation marks).

The message should actually read:
All files in this directory will be deleted. Are you sure (Y/N)?

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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