For classic asp you can avoid this when accessing files via the command line by using a extended file path format: notepad \\?\c:\inetpub\wwwroot\com1.asp htt

For classic asp you can avoid this when accessing files via the command line by using a extended file path format: notepad \\?\c:\inetpub\wwwroot\com1.asp http://localhost/com1.asp http://localhost/com1.asp This also has the hilarious result that "normal" windows tools can't delete the file without using the extended path.