


Be aware this command is destructive and there is no way back from this method of deletion outside of data recovery. You need to keep both paths within quotations if they have any spaces throughout the pathname. Robocopy "D:\New Folder" "FOLDER TO DELETE" /mir Type out the following command replacing FOLDER TO DELETE with the path name you copied earlier (right click within the command prompt and select paste):.Navigate to the folder you want to clear the contents of, Right Click the folder while holding the Shift Key and select "Copy folder as pathname".We have tried all the registry and group policy changes posted in other forums but to no avail. The files are all accessible if we move them up a folder or two but there are too many to move. Create a New Folder on the root of StorageGroup01 Take note of the Drive letter on StorageGroup01 (the default is D: and will be used in this example) We used robocopy to migrate the data folder and after migration we are unable to open any files names longer than the 255 character limit.Log into the server locally or through Remote Desktop.

If you need to delete data that appears to be inaccessible due to long file paths in Server 2012, the following steps will allow you to do so: Be very cautious when performing this operation. WARNING! The following is purely destructive and there is no restoring the data in the directory you target. This can lead to a failure to delete the contents of Platform Spaces through the web interface. How do I delete long file paths on Windows Server 2012 based systems? Older Platform Servers run on Windows Server 2012 which cannot support file paths over 255 characters.
