Delete Files over the Windows Character Limit

eric-schroeder · 2014-04-01T14:47:13.000Z

Description

Oracle has a nasty habit of being able to generate file and folder names longer than the Windows 256 character limit. So simply right - clicking and delete will not work. Using Robocopy, this will take care of them.

Source Code

mkdir C:\DEL
robocopy "UNC Path" C:\DEL /E /Mov
rmdir W:\DEL

marius · 2014-04-02T05:34:21.000Z

Well done, exactly what I need to delete files/folder with over 256 caracthers

spiceuser-3mqfp · 2020-04-14T11:03:17.000Z

You could also use the Long Path Tool which will let you easily delete, copy or rename long path files