Diagnosing
- Context menu will not appear.
- Unable to rename in cmd
- Unable to delete in cmd
- Unable to delete using powershell programming
- Unable to delete even in Java programming or any programming
Recommended solution
Use the subst command to assign a drive letter to a specific folder
subst command. The command follows the format:subst <driveletter> <folder path>
C:\Example\File\Path with the drive letter Y, you would enter:subst Y: C:\Example\File\Path
Y:drive is "mapped" directly to the folder. Since you have substituted most of the long file path with Y:, it no longer violates the character limit. You can now move the files out of this folder to a folder with a shorter file path.subst command with the /d parameter. To delete the Y: drive created in the example above, enter:subst Y: /d


