File Name(s) Would Be Too Long for the Destination Folder

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  1. Posts : 10,796
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       #11

    Still don't understand....sorry.

    Assume you copy from
    C:\dfgfdg\aaaabbb
    to
    K:\fddfhbdhbdf\gggg

    Be sure the last string is shorter! Full pathname (including folder) is 255 characters as far as I know
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  2. Posts : 10,796
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       #12

    Maximum Path Length Limitation

    In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is "D:\some 256-character path string<NUL>" where "<NUL>" represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string.)
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  3. Posts : 24
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       #13

    Kaktussoft said:
    Maximum Path Length Limitation

    In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is "D:\some 256-character path string<NUL>" where "<NUL>" represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string.)
    I counted & have 153 characters if I add all the characters in my main folder & all of my sub folders, 260 subtract 153 = 107 & none of my pics are anywhere near 107 characters.
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  4. Posts : 10,796
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       #14

    mc1548 said:
    Kaktussoft said:
    Maximum Path Length Limitation

    In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is "D:\some 256-character path string<NUL>" where "<NUL>" represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string.)
    I counted & have 153 characters if I add all the characters in my main folder & all of my sub folders, 260 subtract 153 = 107 & none of my pics are anywhere near 107 characters.
    But how about destination folder?
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  5. Posts : 259
    Win7 sp1 Pro 64bit / XP sp2 Pro (games only)
       #15

    I always use the results of this tutorial to copy or move and have used it on pretty much every type of files upto multifolder videos at close to 100g's.
    Context Menu - Add Copy To Folder and Move To Folder

    Hope it works for you Art.
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