Cannot delete file with long name

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Peter Mineo

So I accidentally dragged something from a browser to my desktop which created the following file name:data image_png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABAAAAAYACAIAAABn4K39AAAGqnRFWHRwYXJhbWV0ZXJzAHRpZmEgbG9ja2hhcnQsIGZpbmFsIGZhbnRhc3kgdmlpIHJlbWFrZSwgY2l0eXNjYXBlIGJhY2tncm91bmQsIG5pZ2h0dGltZSBiYWNrZ3JvdW5kLCBoaWdoIGRlZmluaXRpb24sIGludHJpY2F0ZSBkZXRhaWwsISo the full name of the file is Data, then a space, then the restNow I cannot delete the file and I can't rename the file.I tried the chkdsk. I ran command prompt as an administrator and did the DIR /X trick to try to get a shortened file name.

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