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jmnew51
February 10th, 2007, 04:09 AM
I have 2 HD's in my pc. One of them is about to fail. So I decided to create a folder on my desktop and drag all the files from the HD into it. Well I end up getting this message telling me it can't move a particular file, because it has a long file name. There is no options at this point and the transfer quits. I scoured the HD looking for this file to delete it or rename it and I can't seem to find it. I'm sure there are probably more. Is there some way in windows or some utility that will find files with long names so I can delete or rename them.
Thanx
Jim
Spider
February 13th, 2007, 12:41 AM
message telling me it can't move a particular file, because it has a long file name
Does this message tell you the file name?
jmnew51
February 13th, 2007, 04:26 AM
Thanx for the reply spider
Yes. It says the name of the file, I know that it's an mpeg, but when I do a search for the file it comes up empty handed. I put in like *.mpg or *.mpeg and the file in question does not show up.
When the file pops up during the transfer, the name is so long that it doesn't give the whole name to the end.
Thanx
Jim
Spider
February 13th, 2007, 07:36 AM
Yes. It says the name of the file,
What's the name? Does it have a ~ in it?
I know that it's an mpeg, but when I do a search for the file it comes up empty handed
Open a Command Prompt
type cd\ hit enter
type dir *.mpg;*.mpeg /s>>Results.txt hit enter
then
type notepad c:\results.txt hit enter
Is it there?