Problem with large name files

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Marco Pais

Hello there...

I've a problem... I have in my computer excel and winword files with very
large names. I can't open or rename those files.

Ho can I solve this problem. I have Windows 2000 in the referring computer.

Thanks for any help...

Regards...
 
Have you tried to rename the file using DOS commands?

1. On the start menu, choose Run...
2. Type: cmd
3. At the prompt, navigate to the directory where your files are stored,
using the cd command. if the prompt says c:\, then you're at the root. cd
"documents and settings" will take you to that folder. etc.
4. When you get to the folder where you have your files, type: dir /x /on
5. This will give yo a list of files and their short names, ordered by name.
for example, you'll see that the file "Long file name that is causing a
problem.xls" has a short name like longfi~1.xls.
6. Rename the files using the ren command. Type: ren longfi~1.xls
short.xls
7. Be sure to use a different short name for every file you rename.
 
If it's a too long path that's causing trouble, maybe you could use the old DOS
SUBST command.

From Win98's command prompt:

C:\>subst /?
Associates a path with a drive letter.

SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]
SUBST drive1: /D

drive1: Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign a path.
[drive2:]path Specifies a physical drive and path you want to assign to
a virtual drive.
/D Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.

Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual drives.
 
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