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The file name you specified is not valid or too long

Max Monic ( 4,057 views ) 7 Comments

The file name you specified is not valid or too long

Have you ever wonder why sometimes you will get such error when you decided to delete, move or copy certain files in windows XP? Actually, this is not cause by virus but rather the way XP works.

To move data to different partition, the name of a file cannot exceeds 231 characters or such error will occur. Moving data is essential in order to make backup or format our harddisk, so this error will prevent us from doing that. Luckily there is a way to handle this error.

1.Rename the file

Since the problem lies in long fine name, just rename the file. However I know that most of us is too lazy to do this and it is ok if you just have one file to do so, how about if you have fifty?

2. Using cancopy software

Cancopy is a software that will overcome this problem completely. For a little price, you will not having such issue anymore. If you just want to use it in order to format your PC, just use the trial version since all of the data will be dissapear once you format it. So you will not be having any license expired issue.

3. Archieve it

Just archieve the file that you want to move into .rar or .zip. Then you can start the transfer process normally. The weakness is that it consumes time because you need to archive it and extract it back.

I do not know whether windows Vista still has this issue, however the way to fix it should be the same if Vista still has this issue.

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# 5 October 2010 at 2:48 pm

Johny said:

Hello guys,

Do you encounter errors while deleting files in Windows? I’m here to provide a solution. I’ve been reading several threads on this topic on different forums where computer users were asking about this popular error “The filename you specified is not valid or too long”.

My research helped me to find a tool for you guys.

Its LONG PATH TOOL, a very easy to run but highly powerful software.

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# 4 November 2010 at 7:17 am

DuglasKrin said:

Long Path Tool is very useful if you are having problems in deleting, unlocking, copying and even renaming files that are considered filename too long by your system. Yes, these problems can occur even while using the latest Windows Explorer or FAR in managing your files. This tool can help you simplify files names that are categorized as filename too long by your system.
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# 1 March 2012 at 3:20 pm

JoshuaReen said:

I like this solution for this problem. I have used “Long Path Tool” in this situation and it helped me easily and quickly. This tool can fix all the error messages like:

1. Path too long
2. Cannot delete file: cannot read from source file or disk
3. Cannot delete file: Access is denied
4. There has been a sharing violation.
5. The source or destination file may be in use.
6. The file is in use by another program or user.
7. The file name you specified is not valid or too long. Specify a different file name.

and all other related error messages.
I hope you will find this solution helpful and don’t forget to leave your comments.

# 7 March 2012 at 5:05 pm