File name problem

[guitarprofessor]

Query: I have used the version of Easy CD Creator that I have for a few years. To make a backup of my music notation files, I simply get them from the file folder where I have them stored in My Documents.
Today, however, some of the files are refused. I am asked to change the files name, and told that a file's name cannot exceed 64 characters. Well, none of my files exceed 64 chardacters. Yet, when I opt to change ANYTHING about the file's name, it suddently is acceptable!
I don't want to change the file's name. I like it just the way it is, and so did Easy CD Creator like it (until now).
Another brand new problems that arises is that Easy CD Creator somehow does not recognize the fact that Happy Birthday.MUS and Happy Birthday.BAK are two separate files. The one is merely a "backup" file for the other, and is what the music notation program that I have always does (creates two files, instead of one). Thus, I am suddenly plagued with the question, "Do you want to replace Happy Birthday with Happy Birthday? No file extension for either file is give, and I can only surmise that the two files indicated have the different sort of extension as I have indicated.
What is troubling is that this has not happened in previous years. What could possibley have gone wrong?
Guitarprofessor

[MadMedic]

To view the extensions open Windows Explorer, go to Tools ---> Folder Options ---> View and uncheck Hide Extensions for Known File Types. That will atleast allow you to see what the file types are.

[guitarprofessor]

Dear MadMedic:
I sincerely thank you for your prompt reply to my question. I tried what you suggested, but found that there was no problem in Folder Options of Windows Explorer. There alread was no check mark in the "Hide Extensions for Known File Types." Perhaps you can answer the following questions. If so, I would be very grateful.

I tried to create a backup data disk of all the files that I have created in a music notation program called “Finale.” I did this by clicking on the Easy CD Creator 5 Basic icon on my desktop, and finding the files (that I wished to record) in My Documents, where they are stored.

Many files were accepted, but many were not. The ones that were refused brought up a “Roxio Easy CD Creator Window,” with the following message in it:
“The following file must be renamed to be compatible with the naming conventions of your CD file system.”

What is my “CD file system,” and why do I need one? If the files ‘ names are perfectly acceptable to the program in which they were created (Finale), why shouldn’t they also be acceptable by Roxio CD Creator?

Another problem with Roxio stems from the fact that every one of the music files is saved in two versions: the actual working file that ends with a .MUS extension, and a corresponding file that ends with a .BAK extension. I am not sure what the .BAK files are for, as one never actually works with them. Perhaps they are some sort of backup file. I can only assume that, if one were to modify the contents of a .MUS file, those same modifications would automatically be applied to its .BAK file, but I am not sure.

I do notice, however, that one can actually change the name of a .BAK file, and the name change will not affect its associated .MUS file. This sort of thing can be disastrous, as one would lose track of what .BAK file is associated with what .MUS file. Though it appears to be not a good idea to mess with file names in this was, either for .MUS files, or .BAK files, Roxio Easy CD Creator requires one to do precisely that!

Why can’t Roxio simply accept the very same files names that the program in which they were created accepts? What business does Roxio have in requiring me to mess with my file names? Why does Roxio Easy CD Creator have “conventions” that regard file names, especially when Roxio’s conventions are apparently different than those of my music program?
Is there a more up to date version of Easy CD Creator in which all of these "file naming conventions" have been eliminated?
Guitar Professor