Guest dennist Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change the names. Zip or Rar won't work. Any suggestions?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Copy folder with long file names "dennist" <dennist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CEAB146D-1FEF-4A77-8C10-8BA1FBA55A3E@microsoft.com... >I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. > It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change > the > names. > Zip or Rar won't work. > Any suggestions? You need to create a drive letter that points to the middle of your excessively long path, either as a substituted drive or as a shared drive: - Click Start / run / cmd {OK} - Type either of these commands: subst Q: "c:\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name" net use Q: "\\%ComputerName%\C$\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name" You can now copy your files from drive Q:. In future you should put your information INTO each document, not into the path or document name.
Guest Shankomatic Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Copy folder with long file names Look at Robocopy. It will get around long file paths and it is free... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/ (You don't have to use in on 2003 Server) "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "dennist" <dennist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CEAB146D-1FEF-4A77-8C10-8BA1FBA55A3E@microsoft.com... > >I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. > > It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change > > the > > names. > > Zip or Rar won't work. > > Any suggestions? > > You need to create a drive letter that points to the middle of > your excessively long path, either as a substituted drive or as > a shared drive: > > - Click Start / run / cmd {OK} > - Type either of these commands: > subst Q: "c:\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name" > net use Q: "\\%ComputerName%\C$\documents and settings\dennist\some long > folder name" > > You can now copy your files from drive Q:. In future you > should put your information INTO each document, not into > the path or document name. > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Copy folder with long file names Robocopy is a nice tool but unfortunately it won't resolve the long path name issue. "Shankomatic" <Shankomatic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5E9FA18A-2B85-484E-A67A-20192B2B860C@microsoft.com... > Look at Robocopy. It will get around long file paths and it is free... > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/ > > (You don't have to use in on 2003 Server) > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "dennist" <dennist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:CEAB146D-1FEF-4A77-8C10-8BA1FBA55A3E@microsoft.com... >> >I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. >> > It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to >> > change >> > the >> > names. >> > Zip or Rar won't work. >> > Any suggestions? >> >> You need to create a drive letter that points to the middle of >> your excessively long path, either as a substituted drive or as >> a shared drive: >> >> - Click Start / run / cmd {OK} >> - Type either of these commands: >> subst Q: "c:\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name" >> net use Q: "\\%ComputerName%\C$\documents and settings\dennist\some long >> folder name" >> >> You can now copy your files from drive Q:. In future you >> should put your information INTO each document, not into >> the path or document name. >> >> >>
Guest Shankomatic Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Copy folder with long file names Robocopy.exe Robust File Copy Utility Version XP010 •Copy very long path names (longer that 256 characterfs). Previous versions of Robocopy would fail to copy any pathname longer than 256 characters. The program has now been enhanced to handle pathnames of any length, up to the internal Windows limit of nearlt 32,000 characters. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > Robocopy is a nice tool but unfortunately it won't resolve > the long path name issue. > > > "Shankomatic" <Shankomatic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5E9FA18A-2B85-484E-A67A-20192B2B860C@microsoft.com... > > Look at Robocopy. It will get around long file paths and it is free... > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/ > > > > (You don't have to use in on 2003 Server) > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > > >> > >> "dennist" <dennist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:CEAB146D-1FEF-4A77-8C10-8BA1FBA55A3E@microsoft.com... > >> >I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. > >> > It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to > >> > change > >> > the > >> > names. > >> > Zip or Rar won't work. > >> > Any suggestions? > >> > >> You need to create a drive letter that points to the middle of > >> your excessively long path, either as a substituted drive or as > >> a shared drive: > >> > >> - Click Start / run / cmd {OK} > >> - Type either of these commands: > >> subst Q: "c:\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name" > >> net use Q: "\\%ComputerName%\C$\documents and settings\dennist\some long > >> folder name" > >> > >> You can now copy your files from drive Q:. In future you > >> should put your information INTO each document, not into > >> the path or document name. > >> > >> > >> > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Re: Copy folder with long file names Aha! The version of robocopy is essential - glad you pointed it out in your second reply. "Shankomatic" <Shankomatic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5F83D27D-AFDD-43D6-A6DE-D956B1A273E3@microsoft.com... > Robocopy.exe > Robust File Copy Utility > Version XP010 > .Copy very long path names (longer that 256 characterfs). > Previous versions of Robocopy would fail to copy any pathname longer than > 256 characters. The program has now been enhanced to handle pathnames of > any > length, up to the internal Windows limit of nearlt 32,000 characters. > > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> Robocopy is a nice tool but unfortunately it won't resolve >> the long path name issue. >> >> >> "Shankomatic" <Shankomatic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:5E9FA18A-2B85-484E-A67A-20192B2B860C@microsoft.com... >> > Look at Robocopy. It will get around long file paths and it is free... >> > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/ >> > >> > (You don't have to use in on 2003 Server) >> > >> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> "dennist" <dennist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:CEAB146D-1FEF-4A77-8C10-8BA1FBA55A3E@microsoft.com... >> >> >I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. >> >> > It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to >> >> > change >> >> > the >> >> > names. >> >> > Zip or Rar won't work. >> >> > Any suggestions? >> >> >> >> You need to create a drive letter that points to the middle of >> >> your excessively long path, either as a substituted drive or as >> >> a shared drive: >> >> >> >> - Click Start / run / cmd {OK} >> >> - Type either of these commands: >> >> subst Q: "c:\documents and settings\dennist\some long folder name" >> >> net use Q: "\\%ComputerName%\C$\documents and settings\dennist\some >> >> long >> >> folder name" >> >> >> >> You can now copy your files from drive Q:. In future you >> >> should put your information INTO each document, not into >> >> the path or document name. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Guest Plato Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: Copy folder with long file names =?Utf-8?B?ZGVubmlzdA==?= wrote: > > I want to copy a folder from my external HD to my harddisk. > It won't work because of long file names. It are to much files to change the > names. IN the future keep your file names short. I have run into problems saving my daughters mp3's with long file names to cd. Best to keep shorter file names. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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