Re: Deleting "Deep" Folders -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: Deleting "Deep" Folders
From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:01:44 -0400
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That can happen if you rename folders to make a path > the 260 char
limit. Have you tried a command-line DEL or RD /s? If that doesn't work,
try moving the top of the tree you want to delete to the root to shorten
the lenght of the path and then try the delete from there.

-Walden

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