TiddlyDesktop creates unremovable file

[Linus Johnsson]

Hi all,

I thought I'd try TiddlyDesktop, so I downloaded and unzipped the archive and ran nw.exe to check it out. It seemed to run ok. Then I decided to move the folder elsewhere, but there is this one file that cannot be moved nor deleted, apparently because its name is too long for the file system. TiddlyDesktop does not run from its current location but just flashes and crashes, though nw.exe still seems to be running.

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 named "%22%E3" followed by a whole bunch of similar three character sets, and ends in "TiddlyWiki%22%20by%20Mooongift.html". I can't even rename it since right-clicking it causes Explorer to crash. I've force quit nw.exe but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

I understand that TiddlyWiki is still in an early stage of development, but it's terribly annoying to have a sticky file in my file system. Any ideas as to how to remove it?

Best regards,
Linus

[Eric Shulman]

 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

[Linus Johnsson]

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

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[Tobias Beer]

Hi Linus,

Tried renaming the folders along that path?

Best wishes,

— tb

[Linus Johnsson]

Dear Tobias,

No, I don't think I tried that.

Best regards,

Linus

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