How to Delete Files with Long / Not Valid Filenames in Windows
December 23, 2008 – 8:36 amI’ve experienced quite an annoying Windows problem yesterday. I tried to delete some files inside my Windows XP machine but this error kept popping out - “Cannot delete <filename> - The file name you specified is not valid or too long. Specify a different file name“. As you guess it, you can throw that suggestions into the dustbin cause it did not work. I’ve tried to rename the file, delete the file through command prompt and others but I ‘ve just wasted my precious time. Being curious as always, I Googled for solutions and was thankful that I find a software called Delinvfile.
Delinvfile (hope that in the future the author can think of a better, easier to remember name!) is short for “Delete invalid files and folders” and it really does what it says.
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