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March 31st, 2008 15:00
Windows Explorer doesn’t allow long filenames (e.g., 12+ characters)
I am running XP Professional SP2 with 1 GB RAM on a Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop with 100GB internal hard drive. Most of my computer work is related to my photography profession. Naming files (& copying/moving them) in Windows Explorer is a major, required part of my work (I have over 10,000 photo files). With regard to malware, I regularly use programs for detecting viruses (CA’s eTrust EZ Antivirus) plus CA’s spam control, the Microsoft “Malicious Software Removal Tool”, ad-ware, etc. Re external hard drives, I have two but thus far I have been using only my internal hard drive for this work.
The “long filename” problem (& now the double-click image preview feature won’t work) occur when there is an extended path to those Windows folders. For example, with the path “C:\Documents and Settings\Richard Evans\My Documents\TEMP for My Docs\TEMP - CI #56” the 2 problems disappear.
With a longer path, “C:\Documents and Settings\Richard Evans\My Documents\My Pictures\Image Files\Temp. Image Files\TEMP - CI #56” the 2 problems occur, freezing Windows Explorer.
What puzzles me is that I have been using the longer path for about 2 years, but now suddenly that path appears to be causing these problems.
Thanks!
Richard Evans
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March 31st, 2008 15:00
Hello jmwills,
In “Properties > General” for ‘C’ drive, the file system indicated is NTFS.
Please let me know if you would like additional info about my problem.
Thanks for your interest, & "keep your head down" ;-).
Richard Evans
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March 31st, 2008 15:00
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April 1st, 2008 06:00
The only thing I can think of ow is thta you may be using some third party program to render these photos which may not like those long file names and/or the way you are constructing those names.
I saw where you used the . and a lot of spacing. Try using _ (underscores) instead of spaces abd see what happens or try a different organizational scheme. Folders within folders.