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I have this annoying file called "icon." repeated all over my drive in dozens folders:

[icon. file]

I wish to purge those files with the command: del /s /q /f /a icon.*

The problem is the last character of this icon file, it is not a simple dot like this one "."

It is kind a special dot, and the Command Prompt is unable to recognize this special character:

error

Any suggestion?

Tetsujin
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Victor
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  • Are you using OneDrive? https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_drive-mso_win10-mso_365hp/file-named-icon-shown-in-onedrive-directory/83c2271c-c80e-4f0e-aedd-710c3163dd8d – Meow_ly Oct 09 '20 at 14:14
  • Maybe try using [this tool](https://www.soscisurvey.de/tools/view-chars.php) to find out what the dot really is, just to get some more info – Meow_ly Oct 09 '20 at 14:16
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    If you copy/pasted the name of the file rather than just using a picture of it, maybe someone else could tell you what it is... – Tetsujin Oct 10 '20 at 11:48
  • @Meow_ly this tool doesnt work, happens the same thing – Victor Oct 11 '20 at 15:26
  • @Tetsujin That is what I get: Icon – Victor Oct 11 '20 at 15:29
  • @Meow_ly That is what I get when I try to use the tool: Icon – Victor Oct 11 '20 at 15:30
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    Wow! That comes out as `private use area-F00D Unicode U+F00D UTF-8 EF 80 8D` - I have no clue what it is or does, but that's what the data says. – Tetsujin Oct 11 '20 at 15:34

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