Hi Neil. I tried the DOS RD command, but it also complained about path name being to long.
Alex
>Hi,
> Yes, Backupassist is a good product, it should have been shipped with Windows.
>
> Have you tried the DOS RD Command with the /S switch. Be careful, it will do it, so make sure our pathing is correct.
>
>>I am using BackupAssist backup software, which is very good by the way.
>>
>>By mistake I told BackupAssist to create a mirror backup of a directory within the original directory. This resulted in an infinite loop that blew up when the maximum path length was eventually reached. Now this chain of directory within directory cannot be deleted using Windows Explorer.
>>
>>Is there another way to delete it that anyone knows about?
>>
>>TIA.
>>
>>Alex
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