re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. Friday, October 19, 2007 at 4:21 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Rich Kurtz (12246 messages posted) Open a command prompt. Use the ren command with the * wild card and double quotes. For instance, if the file is "this is a very long file that I am having trouble renaming so I don't know what to do.avi" You would enter ren "this is a very*.avi" newfile.avi You just have to use enough of the filename so XP can differentiate it form other files in the same directory. Written in response to: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (M Swanson: Friday, October 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm) Responses to this message: re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (M Swanson: Friday, October 19, 2007 at 4:33 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (M Swanson: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 2:04 pm) re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (Rich Kurtz: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 4:21 pm) re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (M Swanson: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 4:33 pm) re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (Richard Harris: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 5:07 pm) re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (M Swanson: Mon, Oct 22, 2007, 11:01 am) re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (Steve: Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 8:22 pm) re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (Zyklon-B: Fri, Nov 16, 2007, 2:35 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum