It's only showing you the file using both long and short filenames. The /x
switch is just a sorting switch. It's the same file.

Joe


"Tafeille" <Tafeille@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E3A1FD93-3F5E-4FDE-9555-266B9EED5645@microsoft.com...
> I'll try that. I wonder, though, is it copying the file and I'm deleting
> the
> new file? Or is it renaming it?
>
> "Joe Grover" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>