Reducing length of very-long file names.

Win10 pro

My automatic Internet-image down loader sometimes produces images with
very long file names (usually describing the image) in a zipped file.

These will unzip but the images are somehow not visible. The reason
given is that the file name is too long.

Trying to "rename" them fails because "Win10 can't extract" the image.

How can this be fixed? Peter

On 11/10/2016 21:49, Peter Jason wrote:

How can this be fixed? Peter

By giving the correct file extension:- jpg, jpeg, gif, png, tiff etc etc



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Peter Jason says...

Win10 pro

My automatic Internet-image down loader sometimes produces images with
very long file names (usually describing the image) in a zipped file.

These will unzip but the images are somehow not visible. The reason
given is that the file name is too long.

Trying to "rename" them fails because "Win10 can't extract" the image.

How can this be fixed? Peter

You give this wee util a go...

http://corz.org/windows/software/acc...ath-Fixer-for-
Windows.php

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Peter Jason wrote in
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Win10 pro

My automatic Internet-image down loader sometimes produces images with
very long file names (usually describing the image) in a zipped file.

These will unzip but the images are somehow not visible. The reason
given is that the file name is too long.

Trying to "rename" them fails because "Win10 can't extract" the image.

How can this be fixed? Peter

I had a similar situation where I couln't open, move, or rename the file
because the file/path name was too long. The problem wasn't just the length
of the file name, but the length of the path because it was down several
directory levels. I got around it by opening a command prompt and copying
the file to the root directory of a disk using 'Copy' with the 'use 8dot3
file name' option. I was then able to manipulate the file easily.

Peter Jason wrote:
Win10 pro

My automatic Internet-image down loader sometimes produces images with
very long file names (usually describing the image) in a zipped file.

These will unzip but the images are somehow not visible. The reason
given is that the file name is too long.

Trying to "rename" them fails because "Win10 can't extract" the image.

How can this be fixed? Peter

Set up a RAMDisk and dump the images into that. Set
your browser to download into F: . On this machine,
my F: is 4GB in size.

F:\some_long_file_I_downloaded.gif

That may shorten the path component enough to not cause a problem.

If the images come in a ZIP, have the "deep" file
within the ZIP, extracted to F:\ as above. Rather
than Extract the whole ZIP verbatim. Use 7ZIP for
example, to do selective extraction to F:\ as the
output.

The "Subst" trick can be used to temporarily
shorten the path component of where something
is stored, and maybe then you can edit the
actual filename.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subst

The rename limitation can be overcome using a programming
language. I've used Perl to rename a file, when
File Explorer would not.

So it's not necessarily a file system issue, as much as
it's a quirk of File Explorer. So any other mechanism
(including paying someone for a utility) is a solution.

I thought I tested that at some point in Win10 and
it was fixed.

Paul

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:01:01 +1300, Dave Doe wrote:

In article , ,
Peter Jason says...

Win10 pro

My automatic Internet-image down loader sometimes produces images with
very long file names (usually describing the image) in a zipped file.

These will unzip but the images are somehow not visible. The reason
given is that the file name is too long.

Trying to "rename" them fails because "Win10 can't extract" the image.

How can this be fixed? Peter

You give this wee util a go...

http://corz.org/windows/software/acc...ath-Fixer-for-
Windows.php

Thanks, I downloaded it.

On 10/11/16 13:49, Peter Jason so wittily quipped:
Win10 pro

My automatic Internet-image down loader sometimes produces images with
very long file names (usually describing the image) in a zipped file.

These will unzip but the images are somehow not visible. The reason
given is that the file name is too long.

Trying to "rename" them fails because "Win10 can't extract" the image.

How can this be fixed? Peter


1. extract on a linux machine
2. use the 'mv' command to rename the files
3. re-zip, extract on winders

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