I used an application that creates files automatically which attempted to save a file with a ':' character on it on a Windows 10 system. The colon is clearly not an allowed character - but somehow the application succeeded in creating a file of size zero bytes, with the name truncated from the colon onwards.
For example, if the file was named "My File : A history", the zero-byte file that was created was called "My File ". I have three such files and am unable to delete them.
Using file explorer, I get a message box that says "This is no longer located in . Verify the item's location and try again."
Using the command prompt to try and 'del' the file, I get an error that states "Could not find "
I get the same errors when moving them.
The files aren't causing any issues, but I'd like to delete them rather than have these be permanent fixtures of this directory.
