Windows Thread, Deletion of Files and Folders over XXX Charcters long in Technical; Ok this is taking me ages to do,
But how can I delete files and folders which are too long ...
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15th November 2006, 02:55 PM #1 Deletion of Files and Folders over XXX Charcters long
Ok this is taking me ages to do,
But how can I delete files and folders which are too long for windows to let my by just standard right click then delete that doesn't involve me changing each and every foler name to a singular character?
Thanks
Gaz
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15th November 2006, 03:13 PM #2 Re: Deletion of Files and Folders over XXX Charcters long
some sort of recursive vbscript could i imagine, but i don't have one.
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15th November 2006, 03:15 PM #3 Re: Deletion of Files and Folders over XXX Charcters long
how about dropping to a cmd.exe prompt and using a wildcard such as:
del rubbish*.txt ???
Ben
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15th November 2006, 03:17 PM #4 Re: Deletion of Files and Folders over XXX Charcters long
tried cmd just does nothing
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15th November 2006, 03:19 PM #5 Re: Deletion of Files and Folders over XXX Charcters long
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