[HOWTO] qBittorrent created a folder with a trailing space (solution)

[tekko]

Since the folder name contains a trailing space (i.e. "c:\qbt\test "), I couldn't remove it normally. I've found the solution and I'd like to share it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081

[huytq]

This is just awesome! Thank you so much tekko

[Peter]

Sticky time!

[Nemo]

Thanks for your input tekko .

[tekko]

you're welcome

[Jinx]

For those too lazy to read the article, the primary two solutions offered for our case are: (1) use the DOS 8.3 filename in a command prompt window ("cmd.exe") or (2) apparently some commands will work with "\\?\" prepended to the path, e.g.:

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del "\\?\c:\path_to_file_that contains a trailing space.txt "

[Strat]

Can anybody shed some light on what I should do to prevent qBittorrent from doing this in the future?

I really appreciate what you did Jinx but am wondering if there would be a way to please outline the instructions in a more intuitive way? It's a bit too abstract for me to follow and the Microsoft article is massive and unclear.

[ciaobaby]

Download Advanced Renamer and use the Trim function rename pattern.