Re: can't delete long named folder

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Good job, Wes!!!

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<see.cher@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> THANK YOU _ THAT WORKED.
>
>
> 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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