How to delete "The file name is too long." in windows. [Command Prompt]

Question

How to delete large file path/file name files in Windows. Which is slimier to Linux rm -rf . ?

Answer 1

To delete The file name is too long. errors files, we've to go for simple steps using default command of Windows robocopy and rmdir.

1. Create directory mkdir deleteLongFilesDir under C: or D: drive
2. Suppose D:\Development\Liferay\themes directory contains the files which are not able to delete simply.
3. run command in command prompt robocopy D:\deleteLongFilesDir D:\Development\Liferay\themes /purge , this command will print some logs and copy you all the files and sub directory of D:\Development\Liferay\themes into deleteLongFilesDir folder virtually, but when you open that directory... hurreeee...It's Empty ???
4. Now run the command of remove directory which we created for mapping rmdir deleteLongFilesDir from command line.
5. Now temporary directory has been deleted and same as for D:\Development\Liferay\themes files and folder.