Cannot Use DELTREE Command to Remove Folder in MS-DOS Mode
Article ID: 187718
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q187718
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use the DELTREE command to delete a folder with a path
whose length exceeds 67 characters in MS-DOS mode, the folder may not be
removed.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because you can create a path length of up to 259
characters in Windows, but the MS-DOS-mode file system does not support
a folder path length that exceeds 67 characters.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, delete the folder using Windows. For information
about how to delete a folder using Windows, click Start, click Help, click
the Index tab, type delete, and then double-
click the "files or folders" topic.
If you are using Windows 98 double-click the "deleting files, folders"
topic.
Additional query words: deltree.exe
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