Can't see files in Documents and Settings using DIR command

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I'm presently using Recovery Console (can't boot Windows XP SP2--a whole
other problem) and when I type dir c:\Documents and Settings I get a
parameter error message. dir c:\windows and dir c:recycled lets me see the
folder contents. dir c:\Documents, and dir c:\doc*, and dir
c:\Documents_and_Settings didn't get me anywhere. I remember in the old
versions of dos, a folder/file could only have 8 characters. What am I
missing?

Hans W

 

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Quotation marks? ... as in:

dir "c:\documents and settings"

R.

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:53:06 -0700, Hans W
<HansW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm presently using Recovery Console (can't boot Windows XP SP2--a whole
>other problem) and when I type dir c:\Documents and Settings I get a
>parameter error message. dir c:\windows and dir c:recycled lets me see the
>folder contents. dir c:\Documents, and dir c:\doc*, and dir
>c:\Documents_and_Settings didn't get me anywhere. I remember in the old
>versions of dos, a folder/file could only have 8 characters. What am I
>missing?
>
>Hans W

 

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got it. thanks.