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Bug 323815 - Workspace: Cannot delete
Summary: Workspace: Cannot delete
Status: RESOLVED NOT_ECLIPSE
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Resources (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows Vista
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Resources-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2010-08-27 08:56 EDT by Chris Benjamin CLA
Modified: 2010-08-31 07:51 EDT (History)
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Description Chris Benjamin CLA 2010-08-27 08:56:03 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20090619-0625

I have a workspace problem. I created a workspace, then changed the location. Now I have an infinate amount of folders in the old work space and I cannot delete it because the pathname is too long. See the images:

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9052/inffolders.jpg

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8414/pathtoolong.jpg

Chris

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Szymon Brandys CLA 2010-08-31 07:51:15 EDT 
This is a Windows limitation. Eclipse allows to create longer paths than just MAX_PATH value. You may find many workarounds how to delete such paths on Windows, however the quicker one I have in mind is to delete it using Eclipse.

See what are limits for NTFS paths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

Read also this report http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177665

Marking as NOT_ECLIPSE.