[access-uk] Re: Please can somebody tell me if this is a bug in XP Home?

  • From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 22:08:29 +0100

256 including the path, so for example C:\myfile.doc is 13 not 10.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Carol Pearson
Sent: 28 May 2010 21:53
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Please can somebody tell me if this is a bug
in XP Home?

So what's the max, George?

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---- Original Message ----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:33 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Please can somebody tell me if this is a bug
in XP Home? 

> Hi Colin,
>
> It's the combined total which includes the path which has tipped it 
> over the top.
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colin r.
> Howard
> Sent: 27 May 2010 15:56
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Please can somebody tell me if this is a bug in

> XP Home?
>
> Greetings,
>
> I attempted to move a file named:
>
> "Classic Serial The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy Book 3 - 
> Smiley's People 3 - Smiley moves the operation to Berne. But can he
be 
> sure he's the hunter, not the hunted.wav"
>
> from
>
> c:\attachments
>
> to
>
> k:\Radio Drama and readings\Classic Serials yet to be processed
>
> and received a message advising the file could not be moved either 
> because the file name was invalid or the file name was too long.
>
> surely, if there is a file name length limit, why would XP Home
allow 
> me to create a file with such a name?  The file name is not invalid 
> else I would never have been allowed to create it so what is the 
> maximum length allowed for a file to be moved/copied? and can
anybody 
> suggest what is wrong with the filename to have it reported invalid?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> From Colin Howard who  lives near Southampton in Southern England.
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