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Using Cobian Backup, I backed up my home folder and neglected to deselect "Include Junctions." I now have a recursive Application Data folder filling my entire backup drive: B:\Desktop\TIMOTH~1\AppData\Local\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\APPLIC~1\Application Data...

Is there an easy way to remedy this, or do I need to bite the bullet and format the drive?

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  • Just curious- Is your backup destination a 3.5-inch floppy disk? i don't think I've seen a B: drive since MS-DOS 6 days. – gm2 Aug 16 '14 at 07:01
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    2TB HDD. B: for backup. ;) – timelmer Aug 16 '14 at 07:31
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    Possible duplicate of [How do I delete a folder which is nested quite deep and avoid “File name too long”?](http://superuser.com/q/256105/289138), [Tool for deleting directories with path/names too long for normal delete](http://superuser.com/q/78434/289138), [Can't delete folder. Infinitely looped folders created within each other](http://superuser.com/q/103433/289138) – and31415 Aug 16 '14 at 11:50
  • and31415 is correct. Sorry, I didn't think to search for that because I assumed the junction points would make a difference. Question is answered. – timelmer Aug 16 '14 at 17:32
  • Didn't work. The junctions broke it. – timelmer Aug 16 '14 at 17:55
  • possible duplicate of [How can I delete a symbolic link?](http://superuser.com/questions/167076/how-can-i-delete-a-symbolic-link) – Kevin Panko Aug 31 '14 at 05:02

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I had to format the drive. The junctions were not removed by deleting the attached folders. One possible other option: How can I delete a symbolic link?

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