removing a directory that exceeds 256 charachters

[Armando]

I am trying to remove a directory whose path exceeds the
256 charachter long filename limitation. "del" does not
do anything and "rmdir" returns with the error that says
the directory is not empty. Any suggestions?

 

[Bob I]

Try renaming the sub-directories in the path to reduce the path length?

 

[Al Dunbar [MS-MVP]]

Or set the default to the folder it is contained in and delete it by its
name only. If still too long, find its 8.3 name with:

dir/ad /x

and delete it with that name.

/Al

 

[Guest]

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Try renaming the sub-directories in the path to reduce the path length?


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