Dear Eric, I did try deleting the directory but received the same error message (that is, that the path is too long).
Following your suggestions, I have now tried to delete the file from the command line, but nothing happens after responding with an "Y" to the "Are you sure (Y/N)?" prompt. Even "del *.*" fails without any error message whatsoever. Deleting other files poses no problem. I eventually found a thread that suggested using robocopy: http://superuser.com/questions/45697/how-to-delete-a-file-in-windows-with-a-too-long-filename which seems to do the trick. For me, at least, the problem is solved for now. But I'm more than a little hesitant to attempt reinstalling TiddlyDesktop. What does this rogue file do, anyway? Best regards, Linus 2015-10-21 15:16 GMT+02:00 Eric Shulman <[email protected]>: > Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 5:12:51 AM UTC-7, Linus Johnsson wrote: >> >> ...one file that cannot be moved nor deleted, apparently because its name >> is too long for the file system. >> > ...The offending file is located in >> \tiddlydesktop-win64-0.0.4\tiddlydesktop-win64-0.0.4\tiddlywiki\editions\ >> tw5.com\output\static. The file itself is n >> named "%22%E3" followed by a whole bunch of similar three character sets, >> and ends in "TiddlyWiki%22%20by%20Mooongift.html". >> > ...Any ideas as to how to remove it? >> > > Have you tried using a wildcard filename from the command line to delete > the file? > > Open a command shell, change to the "...\static" directory, and then enter > del %22*.html > or perhaps > del ?22*.html (if the shell objects to the "%" in the filename) > or even > del *.html (if you don't care about any of the directory contents) > > and, since you wanted to move the directory.... why not just delete it > outright instead? Then you can create a new directory in the desired > location. > > hope this helps, > -e > Eric Shulman > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/9EgsRGZnU7c/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6184bf0c-76ad-44c1-9e04-8a8ab1017257%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6184bf0c-76ad-44c1-9e04-8a8ab1017257%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CANHXGJQ_rPg%3D%2BFqkWuFaynTfyvQw8POgBSzPM4Nb4O5Uyg74RA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
