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How to Delete Files which exceed 255 Characters on Windows e.g. long filenames
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Purge Long Folder Structures
robocopy /PURGE <empty_dir> <directory_to_remove>
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This works a treat, I've been stuck for literally years with some folders because I can't remove them from some of my old drives. I encounter the problem more and more often now and almost always because of the node_modules folder in projects.

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