Dear,
I run my PC with Windows 7 ultimate. I'm having a problem recently. Moving files with long file names is a big problem for me now. When I try to move a file which has a long name it simply rejects the command. I need some help on this.Â
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Having problem with moving files with long file names
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On most Windows systems, there is a configuration parameter used by the Windows OS by the name MAX_PATH. It has got a value of 260 indicating the maximum number of characters a path can hold. Here, "path" refers to the actual location of a certain file in a Windows file system.
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For example, C:some_foldersome_file.txt indicates that the actual location of file "some_file.txt" on the C drive is "C:some_folder". A very clever way of tackling the issue you are facing would be to reduce the number of characters that describe the file path so that the number of file-path characters plus the number of characters of a file name together become less than the maximum limit, which is 260 characters. I am not sure how many folders you have to rename. That is something for you to take some survey on.
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Even if your folder names are not so long, the problem many still exist if your folders are organized so deeply within a certain drive. For example, this may also cause a problem. C:folder1folder2folder3folder4… folder55myfile.txt.
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Hope if helps.
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Best Regards,
Parisi