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skribb
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Hi
A few names of my files and folders are truncated (in the "Filena..."
fashion). This occurs in list view, thumbnail view and large icon view. They
do not seem to be truncated in the normal sense. Let me explain: if you click
on them, the whole filename will NOT show. So, if I have two folders with
similar names, for example, it is impossible for me to find out which is
which if I don't open it.
First, I tried fixing it by enlarging the horizontal icon space (I even
tried 150). No dice. Then, I tried resizing the icon font to a smaller size
just to see if there'd be any difference. I'll take "Unreal Tournament 3" as
an example for this. Before resizing (size 8), the icon text said "Unreal
Tournamen...", and after resizing (size 7) it said "Unreal Tourname... 3"
(with the 3 being on a new row). This is quite illogical, if you ask me. The
weird part is, if I rename "Unreal Tournament 3" to e.g "Unreal Tournament
3asodasjdijadajsiodjaosjdaoi", it will function regularly, with the name
being truncated normally, and it will also allow me to view the complete name
if I click on the icon to give it focus.
Another illogical example is that the folder "InstallShield Installation
Information" only gets one truncated character, and a folder called
"Hewlett-Packard" becomes truncated to "Hewlett-Packa...". One would think
the former is a longer name, but it seems Windows has other opinions on that.
Again, you cannot view the full names by clicking on the folders.
I have also looked in the registry - IconTitleWrap is set to 1.
There MUST be a solution to this. I am using a new computer with XP SP2 and
IE7. Windows did not behave this way on my old computer with SP1 and IE6 (I
am stating the IE version just in case - I've seen a few occurrences where
the version of IE affected other parts of the system). If there are other
details you must know before figuring out what may be the cause, don't
hesitate to ask.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
A few names of my files and folders are truncated (in the "Filena..."
fashion). This occurs in list view, thumbnail view and large icon view. They
do not seem to be truncated in the normal sense. Let me explain: if you click
on them, the whole filename will NOT show. So, if I have two folders with
similar names, for example, it is impossible for me to find out which is
which if I don't open it.
First, I tried fixing it by enlarging the horizontal icon space (I even
tried 150). No dice. Then, I tried resizing the icon font to a smaller size
just to see if there'd be any difference. I'll take "Unreal Tournament 3" as
an example for this. Before resizing (size 8), the icon text said "Unreal
Tournamen...", and after resizing (size 7) it said "Unreal Tourname... 3"
(with the 3 being on a new row). This is quite illogical, if you ask me. The
weird part is, if I rename "Unreal Tournament 3" to e.g "Unreal Tournament
3asodasjdijadajsiodjaosjdaoi", it will function regularly, with the name
being truncated normally, and it will also allow me to view the complete name
if I click on the icon to give it focus.
Another illogical example is that the folder "InstallShield Installation
Information" only gets one truncated character, and a folder called
"Hewlett-Packard" becomes truncated to "Hewlett-Packa...". One would think
the former is a longer name, but it seems Windows has other opinions on that.
Again, you cannot view the full names by clicking on the folders.
I have also looked in the registry - IconTitleWrap is set to 1.
There MUST be a solution to this. I am using a new computer with XP SP2 and
IE7. Windows did not behave this way on my old computer with SP1 and IE6 (I
am stating the IE version just in case - I've seen a few occurrences where
the version of IE affected other parts of the system). If there are other
details you must know before figuring out what may be the cause, don't
hesitate to ask.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.