Deleting files that Windows can’t delete
March 2013
I recently downloaded some files from Salesforce Chatter which ended in ”|.”
If Windows won’t let you delete them (it says they don’t exist), SysInternals sdelete will:
C:\tools\SysinternalsSuite\sdelete.exe /s ”\?\C:\Users\TRobinson\Desktop\Over the next few weeks|.”