I regularly use Node.js to manage dependencies for programs I write, no big deal. Today I ended up with a folder structure like this: 
Trying to delete any file was met with this error:
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.
It was already in C:\, so it wasn't going to get much shorter.
Answer
I started typing this problem while trying a multitude of commands, including del /F and rmdir /S (as well as holding shift while deleting to try to bypass the recycle bin). I think that rmdir /S actually deleted all of the files so I was able to proceed with deleting the folders that were leaf nodes, then progressing up the tree a few nodes at a time. Eventually I cleaned them all up, but that was ridiculous.
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