Sunday, March 8, 2015

windows 7 - Cant delete infinitely repeating folder in folder in folder etc


Due to a very strange issue with Eclipse ive ended up with a folder in a folder that seems to goes on forever. So on my C drive I have



C:\foldername\foldername\foldername\foldername\foldername etc.



When I try and delete (or shift delete) the folder I get the message:
'The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system. Try moving to a location which has a shorter path name, or try renaming to shorter name(s) before attempting this operation.'


How can I get rid of it?


Answer



I found this solution depicting exactly your problem :


There is this simple program called Deep-remove which is developed in c#.NET 4.0.
http://loudtips.in/delete-folder-in-folder-infinite-deep-structure-windows-7/


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