Unable to delete files with long name

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Omar

I'm having problems deleting files with name longer than
152 characters. I can not rename, move or delete them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Hi, Omar.

Have you tried opening a "DOS" window, using dir /x to get the 8.3 filename,
and then del with that short name?

RC
 

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