Here is a great way to kill the directories of death (too deep to navigate): Use robocopy to copy an empty directory to one of the lower levels with the /MIR option (mirror) like this:
Robocopy c:\emptydirectory K:\Staff And Students\Programming Classes\NHS\Eng086037\web applet project\Coords\Coords /MIR (make an empty directory c:\emptydirectory first) This should empty the Coords directory and wipe out any lower levels dirs. Tom From: SMREKAR, JACK [mailto:smre...@aasd.k12.wi.us] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: path longer than 1023- actually only about 200 or less This is the path K:\Staff And Students\Programming Classes\NHS\Eng086037\web applet project\Coords\Coords\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java Here is the output from the command line K:\Staff And Students\Programming Classes\NHS\Eng086037\web applet project\Coord s\Coords\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java \Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords. java>cd coords.java K:\Staff And Students\Programming Classes\NHS\Eng086037\web applet project\Coord s\Coords\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java \Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords. java\Coords.java>cd coords.java The system cannot find the path specified. K:\Staff And Students\Programming Classes\NHS\Eng086037\web applet project\Coord s\Coords\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java \Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords.java\Coords. java\Coords.java> The name cords.java is a folder in the GUI and when run from the command prompt will also present itself as a folder. We are guessing that the issue is that the folder has a ������� And a 4 letter extension. Jack Smrekar Appleton Area School District 920-993-7062 Ext. 2123 A+ N+ Server + MCSA-RGB From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: path longer than 1023- actually only about 200 or less What do you see from a command prompt? ________________________________ From: SMREKAR, JACK [mailto:smre...@aasd.k12.wi.us] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: path longer than 1023- actually only about 200 or less I have some files that my backup is saying are longer than 1024 characters, but when you put the path into MS Word and do a character count it is only about 200. What the real issue is, from what I can tell, is that you get to a certain point in Explorer of the double clicking and you stop. There is a folder there but you cannot go any further. You cannot delete that folder or any folders that are above that one. You cannot rename any of the folders down the path, if you right click on the last folder that you get to, you do not get the normal options, no security optio no rename option and so on. I have tried to do this in Explorer window and even have gone to the command line to see if I can delete them that way But still no luck. 2 questions, 1. 2. How can I find those files At this moment my backups are failing because of this and so far the software company has not come up with an answer for either one of the questions. Thanks Jack Smrekar Appleton Area School District 920-993-7062 Ext. 2123 A N+ Server + MCSA-RGB ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
