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re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long''
Friday, October 1, 2004 at 7:41 am
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Posted by Lance Hill (1 messages posted)

Slightly off-topic (I am running Win2000): I can understand why this could happen moving between two different file systems, but I get this same error trying to copy one folder from an NTFS drive to another NTFS drive on the same machine. Considering I am copying between identical filesystems, how can the filename be too long on one, but fine on the other?

On Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 10:16 am, Kenny Leong wrote:
>Yeah...but the problem of winzip is it can handle only a certain number of files
>right? So if you have a huge data archive, winzip is going to keel over. Well, the
>winzip I'm using can't hack the number of files I got, and I'm getting the same problem
>of file names too long because the path structure that I've set in my winxip system
>is too long.
>
>The stupid thing is that the structure seems fine in winxp itself, but if I try to
>send the information over to another winxp via a network etc, it won't allow me to
>copy things over due to the length of the path/filename. It's actually quite annoying
>and I could understand where the original poster is coming from. I think that these
>people that make these operating systems are total losers. I mean, if a winxp system
>allows us to make a path with that long....then I'd expect to be able to copy everything
>to another winxp system....but as always, the software/product is never fully tested
>and they push their products out with holes in them.
>
>Kenny
>
>
>

Written in response to:: re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 10:16 am)

Responses to this message:
re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (William Ashley: Saturday, April 9, 2005 at 7:12 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]

Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Henry: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 8:14 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Gary: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 9:40 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Henry: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 11:12 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (L. H. LOO: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 6:19 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Bob Harris: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 7:38 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wed, May 12, 2004, 10:26 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Moskaluk: Sun, Jun 29, 2008, 4:27 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Paul D: Sat, Nov 23, 2002, 7:52 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wed, May 12, 2004, 10:16 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Lance Hill: Fri, Oct 1, 2004, 7:41 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (William Ashley: Sat, Apr 9, 2005, 7:12 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Lance: Mon, Apr 11, 2005, 2:31 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wed, Jul 27, 2005, 2:20 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Ralph Maddox: Mon, Feb 13, 2006, 3:43 pm)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (John: Wed, Apr 11, 2007, 1:19 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (gewg_: Wed, Apr 11, 2007, 11:05 am)

re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (KS: Sun, Apr 6, 2008, 11:09 pm)

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