Type: dir /x

That will give you a column that shows you the 8.3 filename for your files.

For example, address book.txt also shows up as ADDRES~1.TXT. Then you could
delete addres~1.txt

Joe

"Tafeille" <Tafeille@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F65151D8-86E3-459E-B515-1113623B4E76@microsoft.com...
>I have XP Home Edition. Virus recently messed everything up. Before getting
> fixed want to delete files no longer needed but cannot get to Programs or
> Desktop while in safe mode. Can get to C prompt and DOS. I deleted files
> with
> short names but can't delete ones with more than 8 characters. Is there a
> way
> to delete the long-lettered files using DOS? I don't want to delete whole
> subdirectories, just particular files in them. Thanks.