Trouble deleting and renaming files

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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.

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260 or 32000 depending on function used. More lkely is that you have a program that can't handle lengths greater than 80, if this is in fact the cause.

What's the error messge?

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<rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message news:6p8s311e559qmofdfkmnp49qm6r37hd95k@4ax.com...
> 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.
>

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Look in event viewer, type it in Help to see how. Also r/c a file that doesn't crash but is a MP3 and what is on the menu (ignore Delete/copy/etc I know they are there). If you rename an offending file to a shorter name does it still crash?

Type cmd in Start Run then type on one line

ren "c:\documents and settings\your name\my documents\my music\mylongfilename.mp3" "c:\documents and settings\your name\my documents\my music\ashortname.mp3"

But replace the actual path and name with your own file.

260/32000 is the maximun length of the full name incl path. If it is over 260 modify above to use 32000 syntax

ren "\\?\c:\documents and settings\your name\my documents\my music\mylongfilename.mp3" \\?\c:\documents and settings\your name\my documents\my music\ashortname.mp3

Then try copying it to the root of C to get a real short name

Copy "c:\documents and settings\your name\my documents\my music\mylongfilename.mp3" C:\

Does r/c crash either of the two shorter files.
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<rfdjr1@optonline.net> wrote in message news:llgs315vmshvhikse9p7uf8rc45h74jab1@4ax.com...
>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.
>
>>260 or 32000 depending on function used. More lkely is that you have a program that can't handle lengths greater than 80, if this is in fact the cause.
>>
>>What's the error messge?
>
>