HELP! Windows Guru needed!!
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Hi there, XP or most likely the makefile/compiler played a trick on me: it seems to have duplicated x times one of the source folder for a project!! in the explorer it looks like a big mess, and even more, that the path size to reach the last created fodler is beyond windows path size !? :wtf: something like:
"C:\Development\DLS\a\gd\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone"> I've renamed 'standalone' to 'w' to make it shorter but when I tried to remove the whole folder, it seemed to increased the size even more!? X| I've tried todelete the DLS folder from the explorer (gave me a path long error), rd /s DLS (seem to remove some folders but they are still there at the end!) rm -d DLS (throws a permission denied)this is driving me nuts, any ideas?? cheers Fred -
Boot into safe mode and try deleting the directory ...
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Sounds like a symbolic link or what ever we have on Windows. Try deltree (is this around?) maybe?
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Hi there, XP or most likely the makefile/compiler played a trick on me: it seems to have duplicated x times one of the source folder for a project!! in the explorer it looks like a big mess, and even more, that the path size to reach the last created fodler is beyond windows path size !? :wtf: something like:
"C:\Development\DLS\a\gd\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone"> I've renamed 'standalone' to 'w' to make it shorter but when I tried to remove the whole folder, it seemed to increased the size even more!? X| I've tried todelete the DLS folder from the explorer (gave me a path long error), rd /s DLS (seem to remove some folders but they are still there at the end!) rm -d DLS (throws a permission denied)this is driving me nuts, any ideas?? cheers FredTry to : - Open "task manager" - Kill Explorer.exe process - File--> new task ... -->CMD (open a command prompt) - navigate to your folder and delete files - again File--> new task ... --> explorer.exe Regards /// Angel
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Sounds like a symbolic link or what ever we have on Windows. Try deltree (is this around?) maybe?
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 1 out nowdeltree doesn't exist afaik...best way I'd deal with it is so get the old 8.3 directory naming convention for that folder than issue rmdir /s C:\Progra~1\*.* etc... Let me know how you get on? Good luck, Tom.
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Try to : - Open "task manager" - Kill Explorer.exe process - File--> new task ... -->CMD (open a command prompt) - navigate to your folder and delete files - again File--> new task ... --> explorer.exe Regards /// Angel
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is it under source control?
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Hi there, XP or most likely the makefile/compiler played a trick on me: it seems to have duplicated x times one of the source folder for a project!! in the explorer it looks like a big mess, and even more, that the path size to reach the last created fodler is beyond windows path size !? :wtf: something like:
"C:\Development\DLS\a\gd\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone"> I've renamed 'standalone' to 'w' to make it shorter but when I tried to remove the whole folder, it seemed to increased the size even more!? X| I've tried todelete the DLS folder from the explorer (gave me a path long error), rd /s DLS (seem to remove some folders but they are still there at the end!) rm -d DLS (throws a permission denied)this is driving me nuts, any ideas?? cheers FredFind a linux version that can run from CD Rom without installation (and also supports NTFS if drive is NTFS formatted.) It might be able to rename the folders in between or even delete folders. throws a permission denied [Edit]By the way, this message is strange. Didn't you change security options of that folder?[/Edit]
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Hi there, XP or most likely the makefile/compiler played a trick on me: it seems to have duplicated x times one of the source folder for a project!! in the explorer it looks like a big mess, and even more, that the path size to reach the last created fodler is beyond windows path size !? :wtf: something like:
"C:\Development\DLS\a\gd\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone"> I've renamed 'standalone' to 'w' to make it shorter but when I tried to remove the whole folder, it seemed to increased the size even more!? X| I've tried todelete the DLS folder from the explorer (gave me a path long error), rd /s DLS (seem to remove some folders but they are still there at the end!) rm -d DLS (throws a permission denied)this is driving me nuts, any ideas?? cheers FredIt sounds like a cross-linked file or a junction point, to be honest. I'd run chkdsk /f after backing up the rest of your data.
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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It sounds like a cross-linked file or a junction point, to be honest. I'd run chkdsk /f after backing up the rest of your data.
DoEvents: Generating unexpected recursion since 1991
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Hi there, XP or most likely the makefile/compiler played a trick on me: it seems to have duplicated x times one of the source folder for a project!! in the explorer it looks like a big mess, and even more, that the path size to reach the last created fodler is beyond windows path size !? :wtf: something like:
"C:\Development\DLS\a\gd\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\w\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone\Standalone"> I've renamed 'standalone' to 'w' to make it shorter but when I tried to remove the whole folder, it seemed to increased the size even more!? X| I've tried todelete the DLS folder from the explorer (gave me a path long error), rd /s DLS (seem to remove some folders but they are still there at the end!) rm -d DLS (throws a permission denied)this is driving me nuts, any ideas?? cheers FredUse Process Explorer[^] to see if some process has opened handle to the folder or a file within the folder. Then you can forcibly close that handle and try to remove the folder.
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