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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about long file names focus on issues encountered when copying, moving, or deleting files with paths exceeding Windows limits. Users report errors like 'Filename too long for destination folder' when transferring files from older systems (e.g., Windows XP) to Windows 7 or Windows 11. Common themes include the need for pre-copy validation, tools like Fast Copy to handle long paths, and methods to extract components of long file names into metadata for migration. The tag covers practical troubleshooting and workarounds for Windows file name length restrictions.
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    Windows 11 Length of File Names in Windows 11 compared to Windows XP

    I recently installed Windows 11 on my new Intel Generation 14 ASUS Motherboard, and when I undertook to copy my Files from my Windows XP Drive, the Windows 11 OS rejected some of the File Names as too long. Does Windows 11 have a shorter File Name limit? How can I force it to accept my longer...
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    Extracting components of long file names into custom metadata properties

    Good day, I am an ECM Consultant for Datacentrix in South Africa. I have a migration-related question. I hope you can assist. The issue is this: 1. The source system is a Windows shared drive 2. The target system is a document management solution 3. In the source system, the file names are very...
    • LouisaVenter
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    • custom properties data cleanup document management excel report file names long file names metadata migration migration tools windows
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 10 Fast Copy, new to me, but it helped.

    Hi Today I was trying to delete some old video project folders. I had one folder that had dozens of files created by Adobe Premiere Elements that I don't need to keep anymore. The thing was that every time I tried to delete them I got a message saying that the file names were too long to...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Long file names fail to copy (at END of copying)

    When your copying a data CD or folder or whatever, when your copying anything windows should check to see if the file names are going to be too long BEFORE it copies or movies, to stop things from being so difficult. Personally, I backup large amounts of data sorted into many folders and...
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    • backup data transfer error handling file copy file management file names folders long file names user experience windows error
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: General Computing
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    Windows 7 "Filename too long for destination folder"??? How to allow long filenames?

    Much to my surprise Win7 told me ina popup that a filename with approx. 30 chars is too long for the destination folder when I try to move the file to another directory. From my point of view the concatenated path+filename is long but not too long. At least there would be no error under good...
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    • compatibility error message file management file names folder issues long file names path length user inquiry windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 How can I enable long file names?

    Hello, I just upgraded (I hope it is an upgrade) to Windows 7 from Windows XP. Yesterday I tried to copy files from one of my old hard disks but in the ende received the message that 64 of the files could not be transferred because their file names are too long. Instead of going back...
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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