Re: Cannot delete a file with a too long name

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Try substituting the folder in which the file resides for a drive then try deleting the file from the substituted drive. At the Command Prompt:

SUBST x: "c:\Program Files\Some Program Name"

To delete the substituted drive:

SUBST x: /d

John

horst wrote:

I found that I still have a "Sandboxie" folder although I had
uninstalled it.
So I decided to delete it but I got a message telling that it couldn't
delete a file because its name was too long.
Actually there is a a .htm file whose name is 111 characters long.
No way to rename, move or delete it.
I got the same error when I tried to delete it in the DOS window.
Any suggestion please?
Thanks
Horst
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