title: How to delete a long path in windows.
body: <p>When importing a project into eclipse, it somehow started creating recursive versions of the directory. </p>
  
  <p>Now, when I try to delete anything, I get the message " the file name you specify is too long."</p>
  
  <p>I can't delete it from the command shell. I can't delete it from explorer. I can't do ANYTHING with it. I have no idea how many copies of it Eclipse created. Eclipse was running for like a minute before I realized something was wrong and I cancelled the operation. </p>
  
  <p>I can get the properties of the top level folder, and it says it contains 497 folders. </p>
  
  <p>Question 1: how can I delete all this stuff in Windows? </p>
  
  <p>Question 2: What the hell was eclipse thinking? </p>