the source filename are longer than is the supported by the file system.

cu3ed · 7 Sep 2014 at 16:16

I have searched this now before anyone asks, but none of the suggested solutions seem to work.

Basically some South Park Rars wont delete off my drive, I get this message about the file name being to long, anything I can do to get rid of them?

m4cc45 · 7 Sep 2014 at 17:58

Rename the folders, etc. that they are in to be shorter and keep doing this all along the way. For example if they're in:

d:\some folder here\yet another folder\episodename.mkv

You can try and move 'yet another folder' to the root. If it is on the root then just rename it to a single letter, keep doing this until you can delete them.

A Linux live CD would probably be able to delete them but the above is probably easier.

M.

Ploppy2k3 · 7 Sep 2014 at 18:27

we get the all the time at work

just rename the folders to a single character starting with the top level and work your way down.
if the files are stupidly named as well rename them to a single character as well. you can then delete them

stopper · 7 Sep 2014 at 23:10

The best way would be to delete the folder they are stored in with a batch script.
IIRC the command to paste into notepad is rmdir /s /q "C:\PATH TO FOLDER" , then save as>all files>.bat
Add it to your startup, restart windows and it should be gone.
Or you could try pasting that into command prompt while in safe mode.

Philtor · 7 Sep 2014 at 23:53

Try using FilExile on them which is free.

Rroff · 7 Sep 2014 at 23:57

You can usually delete them from a command prompt using the shortened version of the filename.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename

cu3ed · 8 Sep 2014 at 01:10

I dint know why but after a reboot I was allowed to rename them, it previously wouldn't allow me to, and hey presto, they renamed and deleted no problem.

I swear these machines are getting minds of their own!