IIRC - It can be solved from the command line. My memory is fuzzy though. I had this issue a while back.
-Renegade
Folks, I already had several solutions when I posted the question :huh:
I had put some time into finding the answer to a very rare problem. All the answers posted work quite well but I don't want to make a project of deleting a file :o
I want to hit delete and press on with the business at hand............. and, on several occasions lately that didn't work.
No big deal :) I've had a copy of "Move on Boot" on every machine for many years so I fire up the utility, designate the bastard file, reboot the machine, and the file has disappeared as was advertised. Problem solved :Thmbsup:.............. except I just wasted 20 mins deleting a file :(
The second time I got that error msg I decided it was time to find out why I was getting it :huh:
I checked the includes folder and discovered a half dozen files stretching to the edge of the screen and a scroll bar at the bottom of the screen. Files are 350/450 characters long, just characters, no complete words, and no file extension... weird :tellme:
They wouldn't delete, rename, shorten, or copy to the clipboard. I couldn't move them to the root folder to get a shorter path. They just set there pissing me off :-[
Then, I started clicking "about", hoping for an epiphany :D
I right clicked on the Menu Bar in the ribbon, the file was already highlighted, and I get a dropdown. Click the option "Delete File History", try to delete the file again, and Voila', it goes :Thmbsup:
I tried a couple more of the long files with the same result. What has File History got to do with the problem :huh: :huh:
I don't know but maybe someone at DC does :)
I post the question..... get lots of ideas and methods to remove the naughty files, but I still don't know why deleting file history worked unless the file history is tacked onto the file somehow :tellme:
Since then I've been checking more of the "includes folders" for more over-long files and trying to figure what to do with them.
The files are easy to find once you start paying attention :D
Open a folder and if it contains extra long files a scroll bar appears at the bottom of the page ;)
Found some more files and started playing. Deleting the history worked! Then I found one with .eml in the file.......... an email header? Locked solid... so I checked the Properties and discovered that everyone could see it but nobody had full powers to do anything with it. I edited the Permissions giving everyone "full powers" and Bingo......... that one deleted with the mouse :Thmbsup:
Found more files running off the edge of the screen and one of these had the word adlink in the file name. JUNK files ;D
Removed them all using one of the procedures outlined above..... in 10 seconds, and never leaving the page :P
Long story shorter............ try the above procedures if the problem arises. It really isn't necessary to run off into Geekdom to rid yourself of those damned too-long files :D
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