Re: can't delete long named folder

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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 14:43:08 -0600, "Wesley Vogel"
<123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Path Too Long
>
>To work around this problem, reduce the length of the path to less than 256
>characters.
>
>In Windows Explorer, select the folder one level above the folder that
>returns the error. Right-click the folder returning the error and then click
>Rename. Rename the folder to reduce the number of characters used in the
>folder name.
>
>Rename the folder so that the target files that are deeper than the MAX_PATH
>no longer exist. If you do this, start at the root folder (or any other
>convenient place), and then rename folders so that they have shorter names.
>
>Rename subfolders in the path to a file so that the total path or file name
>is less than the max_path setting or 256 characters. Start with subfolders
>that are closer to the root so that you are always working with less than
>256 characters.
>
>
>You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

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