One more idea. Delprof2 can handle long file paths at times. Just delete this users profile with it.
https://helgeklein.com/free-tools/delprof2-user-profile-deletion-tool/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Standley Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue Sadly Linux Mint was not up to the task. I'm not a linux guru by any means but even when su'd to root it wasn't working. The xfce file browser (Thunar) acted like it was going to work but just sits there with a message of "preparing", I left it that way for over an hour and it never indicated progress. And sudo rm -rf /dir returned a message indicating it couldn't find the directory, even when I was running the command from within the parent folder and could see it there. I'm not sure what else is left to try, but I'm going to cut my losses and backup/reformat this machine at my client's earliest convenience. Thanks for everyone's input. Neil -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gavin Wilby Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 2:48 AM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue A linux boot disk might be able to do this?? Gavin Wilby IT Support Engineer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: 01 June 2016 22:11 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue Yea, it isn't going to be fun. Shift Delete, or turn off Recycle Bin. Install 7-Zip, it's file manager will often help with this. Via dos Del /X with the short path name. Robocopy with the purge option. That's about all I got on that issue. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Neil Standley [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue Easier said than done. I've been trying to delete it but running in to difficulties in doing so. As mentioned, subst was taking forever to show the drive letter. Using Robocopy with /MIR was crashing after a period of time, and 7-Zip file manager would also become unresponsive. I cannot simply delete the folder through Windows Explorer because the path is too long and results in the error "the source file names are larger than is supported by the file system....." Neil -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue I don't see how this folder structure is even valid and needed. I would just delete it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Standley Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue No, my client uses Outlook exclusively. As mentioned before, the PC was just restored to the factory image, Office 2013 was installed immediately and then patching commenced. Windows Mail has not been used on this machine. Neil -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 12:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue Do you even use Windows mail? On 6/1/2016 12:02 PM, Neil Standley wrote: > > I cannot browse the full path, it's 1600+ folders deep, multiplied by > 9 characters in each folder = 14,643 characters in the path, and that > doesn't include the initial path from > "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\". > > All total, with backslash characters it's 16,341, a tad more than > Windows' 260 character limits can handle. > > I'm not certain the setuperr log includes the whole path, it may have > truncated because setup encountered the issue and exited. > > Neil Standley > Cascadia Infotek > 2516 Holgate St > Tacoma, WA 98402 > Main #: 253.683.4216 > Desk #: 253.683.4226 > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Formerly Net-Venture > > > https://owa.nventure.com/img/CascadiaInfotek_Logo_RGB_Web_sm.jpg > <http://www.cascadiainfotek.com/> > > *From:*[email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Christopher > Baio > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 11:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue > > What's preventing you from moving the folder if you can browse to the > full file path? > > -- > Christopher Baio > Desktop Support Technician > CSDNET, Inc > csdnet.net > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 18:25:41 +0000 > > I would love to move it, but since the folder is 1600+ directories > deep I cannot simply do that. This system was recently (earlier last > week) restored to the factory image and updated, so my assumption is > that either Windows update, or the Windows 10 upgrade caused this to > occur. > > Neil > > *From:*[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Melvin Backus > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 10:43 AM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: Windows 10 upgrade issue > > Sounds vaguely like the seemingly endless nested appdata stuff you get > if you try to remotely recurse a directory tree. I believe it's > created by a link/junction which gets reparsed incorrectly. Oddly > enough it doesn't show up if you do the same thing locally. > > You might try moving the offending folder elsewhere on the drive to > see if that's really the culprit or just a false alarm. > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > *From:*[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Neil Standley > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1:13 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Windows 10 upgrade issue > > I have a client attempting to upgrade 8.1 to 10, but it is failing > with the error 0x8007002C - 0x4000D. The installation failed in the > second_boot phase with an error during migrate_data operation. > > The setuperr log seems to indicate the issue is thousands of nested > folders under C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows > Mail\migbackup\ which creates a path more than 260 characters long and > the upgrade is choking on it. > > 016-05-26 00:21:03, Error SP Error WRITE, > 0x000000CE while gathering/applying object: File, > C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows > Mail\migbackup\migbackup\migbackup\migbackup\migbackup\...... > > When I copy the whole error message from the log in to Word and do a > word count it shows 1627 instances of "migbackup". > > Has anyone seen or heard of this before? > > My Technet and Google searches are returning useless results. > > Thanks, > > Neil > SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited and SMP Fund Services Limited are licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority. 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