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jeanpave
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_ 		5. March 2010 @ 23:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is it possible, in Windows, for a file to become inaccessible because it has a very, very long file name, and then, on top of that, it is moved again to an even longer path?

I had a video file, which worked fine the last time I played it. (It was probably moved in the meantime.) Now, when I double-click on it, I hear a dull 'clink' noise, and, when I right-click it, I only see a few of the options I should see (- no 'Properties', for example).
It's as if it doesn't exist anymore. The 'Properties' of the folder it's in doesn't include the size of that file in its total size, either.

Is this file recoverable?

Thanks in advance.
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pcrepair
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_ 		6. March 2010 @ 13:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes the maximum length is 255 charactors
so you would need to shorten it to move it

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ddp
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_ 		6. March 2010 @ 14:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
moved to correct forum as not a pc hardware issue.
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jeanpave
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_ 		6. March 2010 @ 22:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ddp: I apologize for not posting in the right forum. It was an honest mistake.

Pcrepair: Can you please tell me how to shorten it, at this point? I can't rename it, I can't open it, and it doesn't even seem to be acknowledged as existing on the hard-drive. (See first post.) Thanks.
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pcrepair
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_ 		7. March 2010 @ 02:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think we only come across this problem when we are saving data for a format so we just delete the file
but you could try shortening the containing folders names to a single letter on the way in to the offending file,which would make the 'filename' effectively shorter

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i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?
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jeanpave
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_ 		13. March 2010 @ 23:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks a billion, Pcrepair!
(It worked.)
You're the man!!!
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