Re: Folder Path limited to 99 chars?
"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote:
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>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>news:qvcee45bqsjik89l8rljjf0ql3aa6b128h@4ax.com...
>> why? <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>x-post trimmed to 24hshd
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>>>On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:46:44 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
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>>>>why? <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>x-post trimmed to 24hshd.
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:04:54 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a folder open called
>>>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>>>>>>Data\MAGIX\Movie_Edit_Pro_14_PLUS\VideoEffects\Collage
>>>>>>(and that is shown in the Address box)
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>>C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>>>>>>Data\MAGIX\Movie_Edit_Pro_14_PLUS\VideoEffects
>>>>>>
>>>>>>which is 99 characters.
>>>>>
>>>>>Get 96 cutoff for a 127 path, 95 for 128.
>>>>>
>>>>>>Is this some limit I wasn't aware of until now?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, for Win Explorer.
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>>>Me
>>>>
>>>>Sorry, should have specified I'm using Windows XP Pro. And with a wide
>>>>screen (1920 x 1200) every Windows Explorer (or in my case, My
>>>>Computer) folder has lots of free space in the title bar.
>>>>
>>>>BTW, it's odd, I cross-posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
>>>
>>>You did, what's to say I did? Agent spots x-posts and tells me how many
>>>groups, and a choice post to all or post to current.
>>>
>>>>too, but can see neither that nor your reply in that group (using
>>>
>>>I don't read wxp.gen so no point posting there 
>>>
>>>From my post headers,
>>>
>>>Path: text.news.virginmedia.com!53ab2750!not-for-mail
>>>From: why? <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz>
>>>Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk
>>>Subject: Re: Folder Path limited to 99 chars?
>>>
>>>It appears to be there in this view,
>>>http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/search?q=folder+path
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Agent).
>>>
>>>See the top of the post , comment is -
>>>
>>>x-post trimmed to 24hshd.
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>>>Me
>>
>> Odd, I can't find the microsoft.public.windowsxp.general at all in
>> Agent.
>>
>> Here's my reply to Pegasus, who had replied in that group to the
>> effect that the limit was 266, not 99:
>>
>> ---------
>> No hidden folders and length is plainly 99 as you see from this
>> example:
>>
>> http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/terrypin999/FolderTitleSize-1.jpg
>>
>> --
>> Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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>There seems to be a considerable degree of confusion about numbers in this
>post.
Really? Apart from a couple of typos (266 not 260, and 94 not 99),
what has confused you?
>In your first post you mentioned a limit of 99 characters,
in the TITLE.
"But all that shows in the title is
^^^^^
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\MAGIX\Movie_Edit_Pro_14_PLUS\VideoEffects
which is 99 characters."
(A recount shows the string to be even shorter, at 94 characters.)
>yet the picture you posted shows a path of 127 characters.
in the PATH. Correctly shown in the ADDRESS box. Which is why I
included it in the screenshot.
So it's plain that you didn't read my original post properly.
>In my reply I stated that
>the maximum was 260 characters, which you swiftly transformed to 266
>characters.
'Swiftly transformed' = typed 266 by mistake.
>Anyway, the picture you posted tells us next to nothing.
Really? I think it clearly illustrates what I described. Namely a
TITLE that had truncated what should be a full path of 127 to 94
characters
>In particular it contains no error message of any kind.
Why should it contain any error message?
>Try this to bring some clarity into
>this confusing issue by doing this:
>- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
>- Type these commands:
> dir /s /b "%AllUsersProfile%" 1>c:\test.txt 2>&1{Enter}
> notepad c:\test.txt{Enter}
>- Trim the rubbish you see on the screen and paste
> the rest into your reply.
.... which would simply list the PATHS of my folders, many of them very
long. Nothing to do with the TITLES! Instead try this:
- re-reading the thread!
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK