+GerIRL Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) I have a weird GPX file on my Oregon that I cannot delete, rename, cut/paste, move, move into a .zip file or modify in any way. The characters in the filename to the left of the .GPX are not alpha-numeric. See attached screen capture. Any ideas or suggestions? Edited February 22, 2009 by GerIRL Quote Link to comment
+mattalbr Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Did you try to open it in notepad or similar? Wondering what data it contains. Could try closing all software and deleting it using DOS. Quote Link to comment
+JetSkier Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Did you try to rename it first to something normal? JetSkier Quote Link to comment
+GeekBoy.from.Illinois Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Along with some of the other suggestions, you could also try using a command prompt ("DOS Box") to do the delete. I would start by renaming all the other GPX files you want to save to some other extension (like GXP). Then in the command prompt try the commend "DEL *.GPX" when in the E:\Garmin\GPX folder. That might do it for you. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I've had the same thing on mine for some time now. Also cannot delete, move, open, or rename. Quote Link to comment
+Warriorrider Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I have had the same problem a couple of different times and the only way to get rid of it was to delete the gpx folder itself. Disconnected the unit fired it back up the hooked it back up to the pc and reloaded my caches. All fixed. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I had the same thing happen several times. I think it happens when you are transferring data to the unit and it is disconnected turning the transfer. I did what Geekboy suggested (del *.gpx using DOS cmd window) and was able to delete the file. Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions. I tried deleting from a DOS window, but no luck, as per screen cap below. Grrrr Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) del K:\Garmin\Gpx should delete the folder. REMEMBER TO BACKUP this folder As g-o-cashers suggested, it might happen by disconnecting in data transfer, if you do another transfer it might disconnect from the 'funny' file. Edited February 23, 2009 by splashy Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 To Format, or Not to Format - that is the question. I think the presence of that undeletable .gpx file is causing some caches to appear to be missing from the GPS. So I am leaning towards formatting the OR's internal memory. I have backed it up into a winzip file, without the weird .gpx file. Before I do this, I would like to know if anyone else has successfully formatted their internal memory and then reloaded it from a backup? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Did you try deleting the \Garmin\GPX folder first? Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Did you try deleting the \Garmin\GPX folder first? Yes I did Scott - both from within Windows, and from the DOS prompt. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Was there an error message associated with it? Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Was there an error message associated with it? Yes there was an error msg. See above two screen caps - 1 from DOS and 1 from Windows - both refer to incorrect filename syntax. So - if I reformat the internal memory, will I be able to restore it from the backup I made? Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Those errors are from trying to delete the file. I was asking if you tried to delete the GPX directory (the parent directory which contains the garbage gpx file). On your OR there is a directory \Garmin\GPX which contains another directory called Current and the bogus gpx file. From a DOS command window you can do this: k: cd \Garmin rmdir /s GPX # removes the GPX directory and the garbage file below it (plus everything else!) mkdir GPX # reconstruct the directory and sub directory you just blew away (I think they will get recreated automatically but just to be safe) mkidir GPX\Current Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Those errors are from trying to delete the file. I was asking if you tried to delete the GPX directory (the parent directory which contains the garbage gpx file). On your OR there is a directory \Garmin\GPX which contains another directory called Current and the bogus gpx file. From a DOS command window you can do this: k: cd \Garmin rmdir /s GPX # removes the GPX directory and the garbage file below it (plus everything else!) mkdir GPX # reconstruct the directory and sub directory you just blew away (I think they will get recreated automatically but just to be safe) mkidir GPX\Current Thanks Scott - as you can see, I get the same error msg that the filename syntax is incorrect, and it won't delete the folder. Which is why I am considering a format of the internal memory. Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 May or may not work, but from the DOS prompt try DEL /p *.gpx Jim Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 May or may not work, but from the DOS prompt try DEL /p *.gpx Jim I get the same filename syntax error. Thanks though! Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I think it is time to think about the nuclear option. Jim Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Before blowing it up try http://www.diskcleaners.com/ Delete Doctor Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Before blowing it up try http://www.diskcleaners.com/ Delete Doctor Tried Delete Doctor and got the same syntax error. I logged a support email with Garmin - let's see what they come up with. Quote Link to comment
+g-o-cashers Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Man, that's a nasty file! I just read something on microsoft's kb that indicates deltree might work better. Try k: cd \Garmin deltree *.* GPX If that doesn't work try: deltree /y *.* GPX Be careful this one blows away everything in its path. Quote Link to comment
+EraSeek Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm watching this thread. I have the same problem, however I haven't noticed any bad effects that I can tell from the corrupted file. Not being very tech savey, and not sure how to do what you guys are disscussing, my question is would just a master reset of the unit do the trick? Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Ok then - I resolved the issue, and got rid of the wierd .gpx file. I opted for the nuclear option and did a quick format of the internal drive and then restored the data from a WinZip backup that I had created prior to weird file appearing in the GPX folder. All is well - the OR fired right up and my topo usa maps were visible as before. Thanks to all for your input. Quote Link to comment
+Lampengeist Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm watching this thread. I have the same problem, however I haven't noticed any bad effects that I can tell from the corrupted file. Not being very tech savey, and not sure how to do what you guys are disscussing, my question is would just a master reset of the unit do the trick? Hi, this looks like a corruptet file system. Maybe you should run chkdsk from the dos-promt for the oregon drive. Maybe this would help greets, Frank Quote Link to comment
Calhiker Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 OP: Your gpx file is stored in Alternate Data Streams format.. See NTFS Alternate Data Streams for an explanation. Here is how you delete such files: delete any malware file . You have a compromised Windows machine. Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Has nothing to do with this issue. Quote Link to comment
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