Somehow when I created a folder, it created a folder within a folder within
a folder, ad nauseum, all with the same name. See below in ( ). I am unable
to delete this (these) folders because of a long file name. I cannot copy,
edit, rename or move any of the files in the last folder. I don't know how
this happened, everything else is normal.
Here is the file name. ( D:\VIP\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\PI)

Is there someway to delete this folder?
Boatguy

Boatguy wrote:

> Somehow when I created a folder, it created a folder within a folder within
> a folder, ad nauseum, all with the same name. See below in ( ). I am unable
> to delete this (these) folders because of a long file name. I cannot copy,
> edit, rename or move any of the files in the last folder. I don't know how
> this happened, everything else is normal.
> Here is the file name. ( D:\VIP\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
> 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
> 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
> 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\PI)
>
> Is there someway to delete this folder?
> Boatguy
>
>

The simple way
rd /s /q "D:\VIP\08 022"
won't work because the path is too long.

Hence you need to rename all of the "08 022" folders
with a little batch file:
CD /D D:\VIP
:Loop
if not exist "08 022" goto :EOF
rename "08 022" 8
cd 8
goto :Loop

Now you can do something like
rd /s /q D:\VIP\8

Rename did it.Thankew!!
Boatguy
"Rob Stow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Boatguy wrote:
>
> > Somehow when I created a folder, it created a folder within a folder
within
> > a folder, ad nauseum, all with the same name. See below in ( ). I am
unable
> > to delete this (these) folders because of a long file name. I cannot
copy,
> > edit, rename or move any of the files in the last folder. I don't know
how
> > this happened, everything else is normal.
> > Here is the file name. ( D:\VIP\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
022\08
> > 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
022\08
> > 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08
022\08
> > 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\08 022\PI)
> >
> > Is there someway to delete this folder?
> > Boatguy
> >
> >
>
> The simple way
> rd /s /q "D:\VIP\08 022"
> won't work because the path is too long.
>
> Hence you need to rename all of the "08 022" folders
> with a little batch file:
> CD /D D:\VIP
> :Loop
> if not exist "08 022" goto :EOF
> rename "08 022" 8
> cd 8
> goto :Loop
>
> Now you can do something like
> rd /s /q D:\VIP\8
>
>
>
>