SP2 on your machine?
XP, XP SP1 and XP SP1a
This problem may occur if the system PATH environment variable is longer
than 1024 characters when the program is installed. When you start the
program, the path is truncated to 1024 characters, and this truncated
version is then written back to the registry.
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After you install this hotfix or Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the PATH
environment variable limit is increased to 2,048 characters.
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Windows XP cannot find a program's executable files or DLL files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832978
The PATH counts also.
Here's some info.
File names in XP can have up to 255 characters.
Most PROGRAMS only recognize a PATH length of around 256 characters.
The path can only have 260 characters. A path is structured as follows:
drive letter, colon, backslash, components separated by backslashes, and a
null-terminating character. For example, the maximum path on the D drive is
D:\<256 chars>NUL.
[[Win32 programs are limited to a 256-character string size limit because of
the MAX_PATH variable. Software programs can work around this problem by
passing Win32 a path that is MAX_PATH or less. The real underlying path can
then be accessed independently of the real length of the path. In this way,
a program can access files or directories beyond MAX_PATH on the server. ]]
Path Too Long Error Message When Exceeding MAX_PATH
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177665
I just named a txt file with this name...
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.txt
That is the maximum number of characters that I could get, around 190.
Windows would not let me type any more characters.
This is the actual path to the file...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\New Folder(2)\
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.txt
190 characters in the name.
3 characters in the extension.
14 characters in New Folder (2)
15 characters in Wesley P. Vogel
22 characters in Documents and Settings
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About 244 characters total. It's possible that I may have miscounted.
Close enough for the girls that we go with. ;-)
I tried to drag that 190 character file to this folder...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\My Documents\My Download
Files\Batch Files\advanced\DISK
This is the exact error message that I got...
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Error Moving File or Folder
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Cannot move
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat: The file name you specified is not
valid or too long.
Specify a different file name.
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OK
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When I went to delete New Folder (2), I got this error:
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Confirm File Delete
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The folder 'New Folder (2)' contains items whose name is too long for
the Recycle Bin.
Do you want to permanently delete it?
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Yes Yes to All No Cancel
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So I clicked on Cancel.
I opened New Folder (2).
I renamed that 190_character-named.txt file to at.txt.
I then was able to delete the New Folder (2).
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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