Long file path issue in Windows 7 - how to delete????

[lektrix]

What's the easiest way to delete these files and folders without going into them one by one and moving them to a shorter path??? I tried robocopy /purge but it tells me access denied.. I am stuck!

 

[John Connor]

I had this issue too and can't remember how I did it. Although, this was one file.

This might help. Fast Copy. Middle of the page. http://superuser.com/questions/7843...es-with-path-names-too-long-for-normal-delete

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/fastcopy.html

Edit- No idea if it works. I couldn't create a long enough file name to test as Windows wouldn't let me.

 

[JimmiG]

You might be able to create a junction e.g.

cd \
mklink /J tiny c:\insanely\long\path\to\folder\you\cant\delete

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I guess I do not really understand the issue (my fault, comprehension is on me). Are you looking to change the path to something shorter? I thought you could do that easily and windows just makes a transparent link to the old location.

 

[PliotronX]

You might be able to create a junction e.g.

cd \
mklink /J tiny c:\insanely\long\path\to\folder\you\cant\delete

That's how I have to do it with file shares that users create ridiculously long path names in because the first few folders are truncated by the SMB share allowing the users in question to go that much deeper.

There is a neat utility for facilitating the creation of the links that I've not yet messed with.

 

[JackMDS]

Portable Free Commander - http://freecommander.com/en/downloads/

An excellent substitute/parallel to Win Explorer.



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[Fardringle]

Apparently bonnie1202 also uses the long necro thread recovery tool.. 😉