Re: Cannot delete file with long name

No luck. Completely ignores attempts to rename.
Did find a utility which is able to display the short filename and delete
either by short filename or UNC filename. (http://www.purgeie.com/delinv)
What I really want to know is why this is a problem, and why it crashes the
Explorer shell.
Thanks
Dave
"Joe" <elmogeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uBRMxnr$GHA.3396@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave Bolt wrote:
I have some data which was recovered from a client's machine. I was
working through it and found a problem when attempting to delete some odd
temporary internet files. These files have very long names and when you
right click on them the content menu only has the options Open and Send
To. If I try to delete the file by selecting it in Windows Explorer and
then hitting the Delete key there is no response. If I select a problem
file and some normal files, attempting to delete causes the Windows
Explorer shell to crash. If I attempt to drag a problem file to another
folder it fails.
I can delete the problem files by deleting the entire folder they are
contained in.
Anyone know any details of this problem?
Thanks
Dave

Click on the name, wait, click on it again. It should be ready to rename.
Try to rename, and if it "takes" maybe you can then delete it..

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Joe =o)


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