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How to use Robocopy tool in Windows
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| Problem: | |
| The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system. Try moving to a location which has a shorter path name, or try renaming to shorter name(s) before attempting this operation. | |
| Solution: | |
| 1. Create a new empty folder, e.g. c:\empty | |
| 2. Then copy that empty folder onto the folder which contains the long filenames which you're trying to delete, e.g. c:\myannoyingfolder. Do this like so in the command prompt: | |
| robocopy /MIR c:\empty c:\myannoyingfolder |
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