Path Too Long Utility

Path Too Long Utility is a simple and practical utility designed to help users delete files and folders whose names are too long for Windows to allow their removal. It features intuitive settings that can be figured out by any type of users, regardless of their previous experience with computer software.

Installing the tool takes little time and minimal effort. In terms of interface, Path Too Long Utility opts for a clean window split into two main areas dedicated to copying and deleting files, as well as scanning for them, respectively.

In the first section, Path Too Long Utility shows a folder structure with all possible drives, letting users locate the exact position of a folder or file which has a long path, in order to delete or copy it to another part of the disk.

Meanwhile, the second tab automatically scans user-defined drives or directories for files and folders with long paths, displaying them in a list to let users delete, rename or copy them to other locations, as well as to export the scanner results to a plain text document for closer inspection.

The tool also gives users the possibility to create a demo folder with a long path (which contains several subfolders with identical names) by clicking a button. This directory can be deleted by Path Too Long Utility by clicking the same button afterward. Alternatively, users can manually rename the directory and all its subfolders, in order to delete them using traditional methods.

However, the unregistered version does not let users delete or copy files and folders with long names apart from this demo directory, although it successfully manages to locate them. But even when including the entire feature-set into the equation, Path Too Long Utility's price tag is not accounted for.