I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.

I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.

How can I delete it?

"Problem with formatting merged fields"
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>I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>
> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>
> How can I delete it?

There are several methods. The simplest is to delete the parent folder of
the problem file, together will all other files it might contain. If you
wish to keep them then you could temporarily move them elsewhere.

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"Problem with formatting merged fields"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:BB893AFB-7ACE-49F4-BFC6-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>
> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>
> How can I delete it?

The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:09:01 AM, and on a whim,
Problem with formatting merged fields pounded out on the keyboard:

> I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>
> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>
> How can I delete it?

In addition to the other responses, you can try this:

Open a Command Prompt (Start, Run, type cmd and click OK) and type the
partial command:
RD "\\?\
but do not press Enter.


Open an Explorer window. From the opened Explorer window grab the bad
folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop it at the end of the
incomplete command.

Complete it encapsulating it with a set of quotation marks at the end of
the command line. Make sure you *are* at the end of the line, in case
of trailing spaces. Then press enter. (If the folder name, when dropped,
brings a set of quotes with it, delete the one directly in front of the
drive letter and don't add another at the end, so that you only have one
complete set around the whole command, otherwise you will get a syntax
error.)


Terry R.
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Terry R. wrote:
> The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:09:01 AM, and on a
> whim, Problem with formatting merged fields pounded out on the
> keyboard:
>> I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>>
>> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>>
>> How can I delete it?
>
> In addition to the other responses, you can try this:
>
> Open a Command Prompt (Start, Run, type cmd and click OK) and type the
> partial command:
> RD "\\?\
> but do not press Enter.
>
>
> Open an Explorer window. From the opened Explorer window grab the bad
> folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop it at the end of the
> incomplete command.
>
> Complete it encapsulating it with a set of quotation marks at the end
> of the command line. Make sure you *are* at the end of the line, in
> case of trailing spaces. Then press enter. (If the folder name, when
> dropped, brings a set of quotes with it, delete the one directly in
> front of the drive letter and don't add another at the end, so that
> you only have one complete set around the whole command, otherwise
> you will get a syntax error.)
>
>

That's clever.

I would have tried: DEL REALLY~1.TXT

or

REN "REALLY BIG FILE NAME CONTAINING WEASELS..... .TXT" JUNK.TXT
DEL JUNK.TXT

The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:50:18 PM, and on a whim,
HeyBub pounded out on the keyboard:

> Terry R. wrote:
>> The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:09:01 AM, and on a
>> whim, Problem with formatting merged fields pounded out on the
>> keyboard:
>>> I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>>>
>>> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>>>
>>> How can I delete it?
>> In addition to the other responses, you can try this:
>>
>> Open a Command Prompt (Start, Run, type cmd and click OK) and type the
>> partial command:
>> RD "\\?\
>> but do not press Enter.
>>
>>
>> Open an Explorer window. From the opened Explorer window grab the bad
>> folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop it at the end of the
>> incomplete command.
>>
>> Complete it encapsulating it with a set of quotation marks at the end
>> of the command line. Make sure you *are* at the end of the line, in
>> case of trailing spaces. Then press enter. (If the folder name, when
>> dropped, brings a set of quotes with it, delete the one directly in
>> front of the drive letter and don't add another at the end, so that
>> you only have one complete set around the whole command, otherwise
>> you will get a syntax error.)
>>
>>
>
> That's clever.
>
> I would have tried: DEL REALLY~1.TXT
>
> or
>
> REN "REALLY BIG FILE NAME CONTAINING WEASELS..... .TXT" JUNK.TXT
> DEL JUNK.TXT
>
>

Don't you think the obvious would have been tried first...

I guess you've never run into a file that can't be deleted. It's not
that easy, trust me.


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On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:21:20 -0700, "Terry R." <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:09:01 AM, and on a whim,
>Problem with formatting merged fields pounded out on the keyboard:
>
>> I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>>
>> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>>
>> How can I delete it?
>
>In addition to the other responses, you can try this:
>
>Open a Command Prompt (Start, Run, type cmd and click OK) and type the
>partial command:
>RD "\\?\
>but do not press Enter.
>
>
>Open an Explorer window. From the opened Explorer window grab the bad
>folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop it at the end of the
>incomplete command.
> Snip ....................

Dragging like that does not work in Vista! :-(


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This is a trick to delete an undeletable file by restoring a
file over it with a file created with the same name using a
drive imaging program.

Instructions:

1. Create a text file and write in it some letters, anything.

2. Save that file in your root drive (C: for example) with the
same exact name and extension as the file you want to delete.

3. Now make a backup your new file (I used Acronis True Image).

4. Open your backup program and restore the file you created to
the folder where the undeletable file is, overwriting it.

4. Now you can delete it!

5. Run chkdsk.


ju.c


"Problem with formatting merged fields" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BB893AFB-7ACE-49F4-BFC6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>
> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>
> How can I delete it?

Terry R. wrote:
> The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:50:18 PM, and on a
> whim, HeyBub pounded out on the keyboard:
>
>> Terry R. wrote:
>>> The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:09:01 AM, and on a
>>> whim, Problem with formatting merged fields pounded out on the
>>> keyboard:
>>>> I cannot delete a folder and a file because the name is to long.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried safe mode and rm and del in dos with no success.
>>>>
>>>> How can I delete it?
>>> In addition to the other responses, you can try this:
>>>
>>> Open a Command Prompt (Start, Run, type cmd and click OK) and type
>>> the partial command:
>>> RD "\\?\
>>> but do not press Enter.
>>>
>>>
>>> Open an Explorer window. From the opened Explorer window grab the
>>> bad folder and drag it to the Command Prompt and drop it at the end
>>> of the incomplete command.
>>>
>>> Complete it encapsulating it with a set of quotation marks at the
>>> end of the command line. Make sure you *are* at the end of the
>>> line, in case of trailing spaces. Then press enter. (If the folder
>>> name, when dropped, brings a set of quotes with it, delete the one
>>> directly in front of the drive letter and don't add another at the
>>> end, so that you only have one complete set around the whole
>>> command, otherwise you will get a syntax error.)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> That's clever.
>>
>> I would have tried: DEL REALLY~1.TXT
>>
>> or
>>
>> REN "REALLY BIG FILE NAME CONTAINING WEASELS..... .TXT" JUNK.TXT
>> DEL JUNK.TXT
>>
>>
>
> Don't you think the obvious would have been tried first...

Er, no. What's obvious to you and (maybe me) is gibberish to others.

>
> I guess you've never run into a file that can't be deleted.

Frankly, I don't think I have.

> It's not
> that easy, trust me.

Did you try the obvious things?