Trying to delete a folder on windows sometimes is thwarted by the error “ Cannot delete” “volume label syntax is incorrect”
I tried every non-destructive method listed out there
rd <path> /s aka; rmdir <path> /s
changing long file or directory names
When I want to delete something I don’t have time to mess around, so came up with this quick little workaround…
using cygwin…
opened a cygwin shell and cd to the parent directory of the stubborn folder
ran ‘find -type f -exec mv {} /tmp/delme ; && rm -f /tmp/delme‘
Now, the directory structure is empty, proceed with your rmdir
