Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!gatech!utkcs2!utkux1!wozniak From: wozniak@utkux1.utk.edu (Bryon Lape) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Dumb/easy question Message-ID: <1303@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> Date: 2 Nov 89 14:53:27 GMT References: <140@mscf.med.upenn.edu> Sender: news@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu Reply-To: wozniak@utkux1.cs.utk.edu (Bryon Lape) Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center, Knoxville Lines: 14 In article <140@mscf.med.upenn.edu> butterworth@mscf.med.upenn.edu writes: >How does one delete hidden files? > > The only way that I am sure of is the following: Use a utility like Norton or PC-Tools to make the file Un-hidden then delete is from DOS. But I think that PC-Tools will let you delete files from within itself (I am not sure here because I have not used it for a long time). I do not think that the DOS attribute command will work here, but who knows. -bryon-