DEL Command Gives Nonintuitive Message

 Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
Article ID: Q102881
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

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.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbtool ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 8, 1997
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