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?

"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.

Look at Robocopy. It will get around long file paths and it is free...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...litySpotlight/

(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.
>
>
>

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/tec...litySpotlight/
>
> (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.
>>
>>
>>

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/tec...litySpotlight/
> >
> > (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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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/tec...litySpotlight/
>> >
>> > (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.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

=?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.


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