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For those who went through most possible solutions online, I hope this save you from headaches.

So a while ago, I had a PDF file that I saved from Google Chrome that had an excessively long name.

Little did I know that Windows will mess things up when a certain file name is too long.

When I decided to delete the PDF when I'm done with it.

It does not budge.

Literally No error code/message, No indication, Nothing happened to the file

Also when I attempt to change the filename, nothing happened as well.

BUT if I saved the name as it is, it came up with an error message saying it's too long.

Tried various methods as well:

  • uninstall Adobe programs
  • using CMD to delete
  • booting into safe mode
  • using CMD to delete in safe mode
  • changing file extension (result is same as deleting and renaming)
  • archive the file (failed)
music2myear
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zyuen96
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SOLUTION

Steps:

  1. Download 7zip
  2. Open 7zip with admin privilege.
  3. Open the directory containing the problematic file.
  4. Create a folder and move the problematic file into it.
  5. Delete the folder inside the 7 zip interface.
zyuen96
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