re: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. Friday, November 16, 2007 at 2:35 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Zyklon-B (1 messages posted) If you start CMD.EXE and CD to the directory and start EDIT from the command line you force the command line to work in 8.3 mode. When you exit EDIT you can del *.xxx where .xxx is the extension of the offending file. I hope this is of help, if not this advice is delivered with a "money back warranty" On Friday, October 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm, M Swanson wrote: >Hello! > >I've had several files I downloaded on my computer a while back that have obscenely >long filenames and whenever I try to modify them either in XP command prompt or with >the simple right-click, I either receive a "system cannot find the file specified" >message or nothing happens (respectively). > >I'm running XP Pro and these files are mostly .avi files that were ripped from home >videos--all in the proper manner since I've tested some other videos created in the >exact same way. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated! Written in response to: Filename too long, can't rename, open, etc. (M Swanson: Friday, October 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. 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