- Trouble renaming and deleting files
- Posted by rfdjr1@optonline.net on March 21st, 2005
I'm running Windows XP Pro. I've been trying to delet and/or rename
some files, but whenever I right click on the, I get a Windows
Explorer Error message and Explorer closes down. After a few tries, I
seem to figure it has to do with file names in excess of about 80
characters. Is there a limit in Windows XP on working with files with
long names? Thanks.
- Posted by Evan Platt on March 21st, 2005
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:27:40 -0500, rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
What's the error message?
No....If there is, it's MUCH more than 80 characters.
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- Posted by Rôgêr on March 21st, 2005
rfdjr1@optonline.net wrote:
Maximum number of characters in the name is 255, the filename including
the path is 32,767 but most apps can't cope with more than 259
characters in the name/path.
- Posted by Anonymous on March 21st, 2005
Evan Platt wrote:
Macintosh though. Odd, your Windows box is acting like a Mac if it's
having a problem with character limits. Maybe it's trying to make sure
that you don't make a name that long if you don't have to so you won't
have trouble communicating with Mac users. :-)
- Posted by rfdjr1@optonline.net on March 21st, 2005
A window just opens up saying:
Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
sorry for the inconvenience.
I also checked the files. One is only around 90 characters long, The
other, maybe 100. Also, if I highlight the file in Explorer and click
the big red X for delete in the tool bar, I get the same message. I
can't do anything with the file. As added info, they're both mp3
files. Tunes which when I downloaded them had a long file name.
