How can I delete a "infinite" folder?

Question

I was doing a program in Java and I've created, recursively, a folder that has a folder in, and so on.

I've tried to delete it but Window says it can't be deleted because is too big.

How can I delete it? Already tried rmdir /s /q and nothing.

Need Help.

Is it really infinite? or is it just really deep? the only possible way I think it could be infinite would be if it was using links and not folders — jbg, Jun 07 '15 at 18:24
Robocopy will work, as per [this answer](http://superuser.com/a/423821/96662). — Harry Johnston, Jun 07 '15 at 23:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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\\?\ turns off file name checks.

rmdir /s /q "\\?\c:\somefolder\somefile.ext"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

Community

answered Jun 07 '15 at 20:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:29

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You could boot from an Ubuntu Live CD/DVD and delete the folder. The command would be:

rm -rf myBigFolder

answered Jun 07 '15 at 18:29

donjuedo

If you have git installed with Unix commands, then you can use Unix-like commands on Windows. Meaning you can delete the "infinite" folder using the same command, i.e. `rm -rf myBigFolder` – Filip Markoski Sep 15 '19 at 11:19

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