No OS mentioned so I'll just write a generic method.
Press Start Run, type in COMMAND Use CD to where the file is, and the DEL command to delete the short 8.3 named file of choice.
At least you don't need to know DOS.
Bob
When I was trying to delete a movie file from my documents i got a error message that said (Cannot delete file: The file name you specified is invalid or too long. Specify a different filename). I also noticed that the movie file icon in my documents is kind of light compared to the other files. Is thier any way to delete this file? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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