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Subject:Re: Sad is... From:Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- nuot -dot- com> Date:Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:59:17 -0700
time for the obvious, stupid question: what about shortening the file names?
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- nuot -dot- com> wrote:
> You try to move files between network folders using Windows 7. You get the
> error message, "The file name(s) would be too long for the destination
> folder."
>
> You've been to this movie before, so you use Windows Remote Desktop to
> open an old PC that's still running Windows XP on the same network. Windows
> XP moves the files right away, no problem.
>
> Because Windows XP works. <sigh>
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