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How to delete a folder containing trailing spaces

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Mar 15, 202623734 views

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I have a bunch of folders on my hardrive that have trailing spaces in them (I have no idea how they got there). I need to rename and/or delete them, but Windows won't allow me to do this. Is there a way around this problem? I've tried to delete it via the commandline, but that did not work. I'm run…

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First try some quoting: Then UNC paths: Then try adding a trailing [back]slash: Then 8.3 names (if they are enabled on your system): Then a Linux LiveCD:

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