For nylig, mens jeg gennemgik nogle af mine backupfiler og mapper på min Windows -pc, stødte jeg på nogle gamle backupfiler, som jeg ville slette. Jeg kunne ikke bruge en gammel sikkerhedskopi, så jeg ville slette den komprimerede .tar-fil.

Men da jeg fortsatte med at slette det, modtog jeg følgende fejlmeddelelse:

Filnavnet/-navnene ville være for lange til destinationsmappen

Tilsyneladende indeholdt den komprimerede fil en JPG -billedfil, som min Windows ikke var i stand til at slette. Ved at bruge indstillingen Skip slettede jeg alle undtagen denne fil. Nu, hvorfor skete dette?

Under standard  Windows filnavnesystem kan det samlede navn ikke eller stien overstige 259 tegn. Dette inkluderer mappestien, filnavnet og filtypenavnet. Hvis det gør det, vil du modtage denne fejl, når du prøver at slette den.

Maximum Path Length Limitation: In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is “D:\some 256-character path string” where “” represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string) says MSDN.

Relateret^(Related) : Sådan aktiveres Win32 Long Paths i Windows^{(How to Enable Win32 Long Paths in Windows)} .

Filnavnet^(Filename) er for langt til destinationsmappen

Nu i mit tilfælde var den fulde mappesti:

D: Site Backups\ Misc\ backup-4.7.2012_23-41-31_thegadget.tar backup-4.7.2012_23-41-31_thegadget backup-4.7.2012_23-41-31_thegadget homedirect 2 public_html2 uploads02021 wp-8021

Og filnavnet var virkelig langt til – ligesom Music-producer-…-and-video-games.jpg – som det kan ses på billedet.

Jeg åbnede dens placering og forsøgte at slette eller omdøbe^{(delete or rename)} filen. Jeg blev ikke engang tilbudt muligheden for at gøre det. Hvis du kan omdøbe det, fint – men jeg blev ikke tilbudt denne mulighed.

Dette enkle trick virkede i mit tilfælde, og jeg håber, det også hjælper dig.^{(This simple trick worked in my case, and I hope it helps you too.)}

Nogle gange er det også kendt at genstarte, køre Check Disk eller bruge tredjeparts delete freeware for at hjælpe med at slette filer og mapper , der ikke kan slettes .

Du kan også bruge freeware Long Path Fixer til at rette Path Too Long-fejl i Windows .

Hvis intet hjælper, så vil du måske tage et kig på denne Microsoft-tråd^{(Microsoft thread)} , hvor nogle avancerede måder er blevet foreslået ved at bruge CMD og Robocopy .

Relateret læsning^{(Related read)} : Kildefilnavnene er større end det, der understøttes af filsystemet .

The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder

Recently while browsing throυgh some of mу backup fileѕ and folders on my Windows PC, I came across some old backup files that I wanted to delete. I did not have any use for аn old backυp, so wanted to delеte thе compressed .tar file.

But when I went on to delete it, I received the following error message:

The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder

Apparently, the compressed file contained a JPG image file, which my Windows was unable to delete. Using the Skip option, I deleted all but this file. Now, why did this happen?

Under standard  Windows file naming system, the total name cannot, or path exceeds 259 characters. This includes the folder path, file name, and file extension. If it does, then when you try to delete it, you will receive this error.

Maximum Path Length Limitation: In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is “D:\some 256-character path string” where “” represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string) says MSDN.

Related: How to Enable Win32 Long Paths in Windows.

Filename too long for destination folder

Now in my case, the full folder path was:

D:\ Site Backups\ Misc\ backup-4.7.2012_23-41-31_thegadget.tar\ backup-4.7.2012_23-41-31_thegadget\ backup-4.7.2012_23-41-31_thegadget\ homedirect\ 2\ public_html2\ wp-content2\ uploads\ 2011\ 08

And the file name was really long to – like Music-producer-…-and-video-games.jpg – as can be seen in the image.

I opened its location and tried to delete or rename the file. I was not even offered the option to do so. If you can rename it, fine – but I wasn’t offered this option.

This simple trick worked in my case, and I hope it helps you too.

Sometimes simply rebooting, running Check Disk or using third-party delete freeware are also known to help delete undeletable files and folders.

You can also use the freeware Long Path Fixer to fix Path Too Long errors in Windows.

If nothing helps, then you may want to have a look at this Microsoft thread where some advanced ways have been suggested using CMD and Robocopy.

Related read: The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system.

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