Re: Help With Folder Deletion Please

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Not sure if it will work in this instance !

Utility for Deleting Invalid Files
http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm
For invalid/UNC file/folder name deleting, rather than the in use problem



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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
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"Rustieman" <Rustieman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DBE2DAC6-551E-4E16-863E-9C316312B227@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Here's a bizarre one...Not sure how, but when a torrent program I was using
crashed and XP rebooted, I was left with a folder on my desktop (XP sp2)
named after the torrent file.  I soon discovered this had somehow created
some bizarre loop when it crashed so this folder contains many many many
folders; well past maximum depth from what I can tell.

So I referenced
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081 which I think
contains the answer somewhere (likely in cause 4) but nothing I try works.
I'm still getting error messages which won't allow me to delete the folder.
I've tried renaming each and every folder as far down the path as I can go,
to a single character in hopes I'll reach the end but no luck...To give you
an idea, here's the current path:

"D:\d\\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\s\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\d\original
file name"

That's as far as I can go with that approach as I've reached maximum
depth...So any hints/suggestions on how I might get rid of this stupid
freakin' folder would be most appreciated! 

.

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