Timeline for Windows 10 : cannot delete folder "The system cannot find the file specified"
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| Aug 9, 2023 at 18:24 | answer | added | rpr | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 29, 2022 at 23:28 | answer | added | Cat owner | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 17, 2021 at 8:57 | vote | accept | noplace | ||
| Mar 13, 2021 at 14:06 | comment | added | JW0914 | PowerShell can deal with file paths exceeding 260 characters | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 13:08 | answer | added | noplace | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 12:53 | comment | added | HelpingHand | Can you repeat what you are doing while running Process Monitor. It might help. | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 12:52 | comment | added | noplace | @HelpingHand no. As said I was able to shorten the full path to a single parent folder but anything else fails including deletion attempts from cmd or UI. | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 12:50 | comment | added | noplace | Tried everything I could think of and everything I found as a suggested solution. I tried renaming folder and parent folders. I moved it to shorten as much as possible the full path but the folder itself cannot be renamed or deleted in any way. I tried taking ownership of the folder and tried changing ACLs for it. Nothing, every operation fails with the same “The system cannot find the file specified” notification. | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 12:47 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 13, 2021 at 12:23 | comment | added | LPChip | Does this answer your question? How to delete a file with a path too long to be deleted (do note, you can easily use my answer in this question to delete folders too.) | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 12:01 | comment | added | HelpingHand |
have you tried from the command line using the format: del "\\?\C:\test\1" for example.
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| Mar 13, 2021 at 11:54 | comment | added | FluidCode | Did you try to delete the containing folder? I mean choose a folder up in the tree with a path shorter than the maximum length and remove that one using the command prompt. | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 11:00 | history | asked | noplace | CC BY-SA 4.0 |