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re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long''
Monday, February 13, 2006 at 3:43 pm
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Posted by Ralph Maddox (1 messages posted)

Hi Folks, I have encountered this same issue on both Win XP SP2 and Mac OS 10.4 machines... agree that it is a pain. BUT... one of the previous suggestions worked for me and I believe it will work in most, if not all, situations of this type. I just downloaded WinRAR 3.51 under Win XP Pro SP2 and archived over 1 GB of VERY long path files for a user who needs to reinstall Windows completely. Originally I tried simply copying the top level folder of the user's files but came upon the long filename error... So I've zipped it all into a single archive and burned to DVD...easy as pie :-) Many thanks to the clever poster who suggested this.

On Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 2:20 am, Kenny Leong wrote:
>The solution you describe will definitely work. But the sad thing is....if we have
>data files, like special records logged over a long time in a laboratory etc, or
>other files...for example computer simulation files, it could be a real headache
>to map the old directory structure to the new one. That is...if we have to start
>making 'existing' path names shorter in order to backup our data, this can be a super
>hassle. It's the fault of the makers of the operating system....they're losers.
>
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Written in response to:: re: Can't copy b/c ''filename or extension is too long'' (Kenny Leong: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 2:20 am)

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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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