Copy folder with long file names

[Guest]

I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk.
It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change the
names.
Zip or Rar won't work.
Any suggestions?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk.
It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change
the
names.
Zip or Rar won't work.
Any suggestions?

You need to create a drive letter that points to the middle of
your excessively long path, either as a substituted drive or as
a shared drive:

- Click Start / run / cmd {OK}
- Type either of these commands:
subst Q: "c:\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name"
net use Q: "\\%ComputerName%\C$\documents and settings\dennist\some long
folder name"

You can now copy your files from drive Q:. In future you
should put your information INTO each document, not into
the path or document name.

 

[Guest]

Look at Robocopy. It will get around long file paths and it is free...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/

(You don't have to use in on 2003 Server)

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Robocopy is a nice tool but unfortunately it won't resolve
the long path name issue.

 

[Guest]

Robocopy.exe
Robust File Copy Utility
Version XP010
•Copy very long path names (longer that 256 characterfs).
Previous versions of Robocopy would fail to copy any pathname longer than
256 characters. The program has now been enhanced to handle pathnames of any
length, up to the internal Windows limit of nearlt 32,000 characters.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Aha! The version of robocopy is essential - glad you
pointed it out in your second reply.

 

[Plato]

I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk.
It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change the
names.

IN the future keep your file names short. I have run into problems
saving my daughters mp3's with long file names to cd. Best to keep
shorter file names.