Explorer Crashes with really long file names...

[Alain Dekker]

Hi,

I'm running XP Professional, and if I create a folder called
"A_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that create another called
"Sub1_a_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that another, for a few
levels, and then try and copy a really long filename into the last
sub-folder, my Explorer crashes (several times!!).

Any idea what the maximum length for this is? I'm doing some tests for our
software to see if it can handle long names, but it seems even Windows has a
limit.

Thanks,
Alain

[Mark L. Ferguson]

That bug is usually a Symantec anti-virus app error.

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marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
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"Alain Dekker" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I'm running XP Professional, and if I create a folder called
> "A_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that create another called
> "Sub1_a_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that another, for a few
> levels, and then try and copy a really long filename into the last
> sub-folder, my Explorer crashes (several times!!).
>
> Any idea what the maximum length for this is? I'm doing some tests for our
> software to see if it can handle long names, but it seems even Windows has a
> limit.
>
> Thanks,
> Alain
>
>

[Alain Dekker]

Hi Mark,

Just to confirm, this is not an anti-virus crash as far as I can tell. This
really is the Windows Explorer crashing. Try it. Explorer actually crashes 3
times!! Fortunately, MS have worked out how to prevent the BSOD here.

I did have an anti-virus software program by McAfee, but even when I shut
that down and stopped all services related to the AV software, Explorer
still crashes.

Regards,
Alain


"Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
...
> That bug is usually a Symantec anti-virus app error.
>
> --
> Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
> All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
> marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> .
>
> "Alain Dekker" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running XP Professional, and if I create a folder called
> > "A_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that create another called
> > "Sub1_a_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that another, for a few
> > levels, and then try and copy a really long filename into the last
> > sub-folder, my Explorer crashes (several times!!).
> >
> > Any idea what the maximum length for this is? I'm doing some tests for
our
> > software to see if it can handle long names, but it seems even Windows
has a
> > limit.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alain
> >
> >
>

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Error Message When You Use Run Command to Start a Program with a Long File Name
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q281675

--
Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
..

"Alain Dekker" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Mark,
>
> Just to confirm, this is not an anti-virus crash as far as I can tell. This
> really is the Windows Explorer crashing. Try it. Explorer actually crashes 3
> times!! Fortunately, MS have worked out how to prevent the BSOD here.
>
> I did have an anti-virus software program by McAfee, but even when I shut
> that down and stopped all services related to the AV software, Explorer
> still crashes.
>
> Regards,
> Alain
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > That bug is usually a Symantec anti-virus app error.
> >
> > --
> > Mark L. Ferguson TabletPC MVP
> > Email address : Subject: "QZ" + anything
> > All email without "QZ" in the subject line will be automatically deleted.
> > marfer's notes for XP > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/xp_notes.htm
> > .
> >
> > "Alain Dekker" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running XP Professional, and if I create a folder called
> > > "A_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that create another called
> > > "Sub1_a_very_very_very_long_folder_name", and in that another, for a few
> > > levels, and then try and copy a really long filename into the last
> > > sub-folder, my Explorer crashes (several times!!).
> > >
> > > Any idea what the maximum length for this is? I'm doing some tests for
> our
> > > software to see if it can handle long names, but it seems even Windows
> has a
> > > limit.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alain
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>