Force delete file: “The source file name(s) are larger than is supported by the file system”

By: CLINT BOESSEN [MVP] How to Delete Files which exceed 255 Characters Without 3rd Party Tools Windows Explorer and many Windows applications including PowerShell are limited to 255 characters max file path.  Whilst this limitation is in place at an application level, the NTFS file system does not support this limit.  In fact file paths can

Cannot Delete Item “Could Not Find This Item” (This is no longer located)

By: dangph Step by step: press windows key + r type cmd.exe, press enter cd \to\the\folder\containing\the\problem\file dir /x Note the short filename of the problem file. It will look for example like BLAH~1. del BLAH~1 (*~1) Copy from: http://superuser.com/questions/28912/cannot-delete-item-could-not-find-this-item-issue