I accidentally changed my folder name to "D:". How can I rename it again?

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I have accidentally changed my folder name to "D:" and I don't know how. I have tried renaming it using command but no luck with simple rename command in Windows 7. Is there any way to change it?

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would copying out the contents and simply deleting it be an option? — Journeyman Geek, Jul 18 '14 at 07:24
possible duplicate of How to force Windows XP to rename a file with a special character?, How to delete (invalid) files with colon in their name under Windows — Bob, Jul 18 '14 at 07:28
@DaveRook That one says it only applies to Services for UNIX (which was changed to Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications, and then deprecated as of Windows 8 and removed as of 8.1). I don't think it's applicable to normal Win32 usage, though it might still work. It's also needlessly complex and only really useful for continuous usage (their example was folders shared with *nix systems), rather than a one-off rename. — Bob, Jul 18 '14 at 07:50
@JourneymanGeek The folder D: doesn't have any contents. I cannot even delete it. — Sujan, Jul 18 '14 at 09:25
Did you try the suggestion of Bob yet? Removing the directory with del "\\?\c:\temp\D:" (after copying out the contents). c:\temp\ being the complete path to that directory. Otherwise i'm afraid you'll need to use a live-linux cd to correct this problem. — Rik, Jul 18 '14 at 09:58
Yeah, nothing worked on Windows. The only option left is to remove using Linux. — Sujan, Jul 21 '14 at 04:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '14 at 08:57

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In explorer, select the folder and press F2. Then type in a new name and press enter.

If this doesn't work, copy the content of the folder to a new folder, and delete the old folder.

answered Jul 18 '14 at 08:57

LPChip

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Neither of them works. Can you verify it before posting as an answer? – Sujan Jul 18 '14 at 09:14
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I can't because normally you cannot make a folder named D:. Unless you can provide me with instructions on making such (but you said it was made by accident) I cannot confirm this, although normally it should work. – LPChip Jul 18 '14 at 11:06

Renju Chandran chingath · Answer 2 · 2014-07-18T10:32:15.817

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Use a Linux live cd to delete folder. you can use Ubuntu, Kali linux etc. any of your choice.

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answered Jul 18 '14 at 09:44

Renju Chandran chingath

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I accidentally changed my folder name to "D:". How can I rename it again?

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