can't copy files to thumb drive please help

[batugajah]

Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and I
can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help me
please.thanks in advance

 

[Olórin]

Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
me please.thanks in advance

What have you tried so far? Google would be a good place to start:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="file+path+too+deep"&meta=

Sounds like the full path to the files is too long. If your file's located
at, for instance

C:\Documents and Settings\Extremely funny login name I thought up\Extremely
funny login name I thought up's Documents\Extremely funny login name I
thought up's Pictures\Digital photos from our new camera\Holiday
pictures\2007\August\Me and all my chums in Katmandu.jpg

then the path is 268 characters long. There's a limit of 255 characters,
which I'd hazard is your problem here.

 

[Olórin]

Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
me please.thanks in advance

What have you tried so far? Google would be a good place to start:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="file+path+too+deep"&meta=

Sounds like the full path to the files is too long. If your file's
located at, for instance

C:\Documents and Settings\Extremely funny login name I thought
up\Extremely funny login name I thought up's Documents\Extremely
funny login name I thought up's Pictures\Digital photos from our new
camera\Holiday pictures\2007\August\Me and all my chums in
Katmandu.jpg
then the path is 268 characters long. There's a limit of 255
characters, which I'd hazard is your problem here.

PS It looks like robocopy doesn't have this problem so you could try using
that. By default it supports "very long path (> 256 characters)", which can
be turned of with a "/256" switch.

http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

Oh, is it 256? Thought it was 255.... nev' mind.

 

[Touch Base]

Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
me please.thanks in advance

The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length

 

[batugajah]

Thanks for the help it seems that the connection of the usb hub has a problem.

batugajah wrote:
Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
me please.thanks in advance

The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length

 

[Olórin]

Thanks for the help it seems that the connection of the usb hub has
a problem.

Olórin wrote:
batugajah wrote:
Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep]
and I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can
anyone help me please.thanks in advance

The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters
long. Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for
path length

Thanks for reporting back!

 

[Kaja]

If you search "file+path+too+deep" on Google you will see a number of
responses about this error.
Best Regards,
Kaja