Oregon 300 - File can't be deleted

[+weston wanderer]

Hi, I am just hoping that someone more tecchie than me can help.

 

There is a gpx file Track-r (rectangle symbol)t.gpx which cannot be deleted on my Oregon 300 as the name is too long. I have tried renaming but it reverts back.

 

It doesn't affect the performance but is annoying when I see it in the list of gpx files when I am cleaning up!

[+Jonovich]

Hi, I am just hoping that someone more tecchie than me can help.

 

There is a gpx file Track-r (rectangle symbol)t.gpx which cannot be deleted on my Oregon 300 as the name is too long. I have tried renaming but it reverts back.

 

It doesn't affect the performance but is annoying when I see it in the list of gpx files when I am cleaning up!

 

What OS are you using? If it's windows, try deleting using the shortname from a command prompt. I.E. do a DIR /X in the directory, then issue a DEL with the TRACK~1.GPX or whatever filename it comes up with.

 

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon>f:

F:\>cd GARMIN

F:\Garmin>cd GPX

F:\Garmin\GPX>dir /x
Volume in drive F is GARMIN
Volume Serial Number is A70E-ABED

Directory of F:\Garmin\GPX

01/01/1980  00:00	<DIR>       				.
01/01/1980  00:00	<DIR>       				..
09/11/2011  12:36	<DIR>      	ARCHIVE  	Archive
29/10/2011  20:25 			1,817 WAYPOI~1.GPX Waypoints_29-OCT-11.gpx
11/10/2011  20:56	<DIR>      	CURRENT  	Current
04/11/2011  17:17	<DIR>      	NAV      	Nav
05/11/2011  22:41           	747,431 YEOLES~1.GPX YeOleSurveyMonuments.gpx
05/11/2011  22:48   	14,001,578 GEOCAC~1.GPX Geocaches.gpx
01/11/2011  13:13 			1,439 WAYPOI~2.GPX Waypoints_01-NOV-11.gpx
04/11/2011  18:12 			1,199 WAYPOI~3.GPX Waypoints_04-NOV-11.gpx
04/11/2011  17:40 			2,760          	GC36VWC.GPX
05/11/2011  15:33 			1,091 WAYPOI~4.GPX Waypoints_05-NOV-11.gpx
06/11/2011  11:21 			8,658          	GC36TKR.GPX
  			8 File(s) 	14,765,973 bytes
  			5 Dir(s)   3,317,297,152 bytes free

F:\Garmin\GPX>del WAYPOI~1.GPX

F:\Garmin\GPX>

 

Cheers,

 

Jon.

[+weston wanderer]

Thanks - I'll have a go but not sure I understand!

[+The Patrician]

It could be due to the rectangle symbol making the file name invalid (assuming Windows OS).

 

You should be able to delete the whole folder which should take the file with it too. Obviously don't do this without backing up anything in the folder that you want to keep. Reinstate the folder afterwards.

Edited November 10, 2011 by The Patrician

[+The Patrician]

Try this

 

DelinvFile - Delete Invalid Files and Folders

 

"Some windows functions allow creation of folder paths such that the combined path + filename lengths exceed the maximum permitted length. The current limit is 260 characters. In other words, windows can create names that are too long for the standard Windows Explorer to delete. The scan function also attempts to identify file and folder names with invalid characters which would make them un-removable via Windows Explorer. "