Windows 10: Explorer first wouldn't rename to longer file name, now won't open fil

Yesterday everything worked perfectly. I have a legal deadline and haven been renaming files for hours.

Today, at first I couldn't rename the files to longer names, no matter how short the name.

As a work around, I opened the pdfs in Chrome and renamed them that way.

Then that stopped working and I realized it's only a problem in certain folders. Created a new folder and moved the files there.

Now I can't even open the files anymore.

I checked the new folder I had made and it was "read only" -- why would it do that?

Unchecked it and still can't even open the files. I have no idea what's going on, all the data was moved on this brand new P52 with a new Win 10 Pro install last week.

I'm about ready to throw it out the window!

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Installed Total Commander and it sure helps to get a REASON for the madness!

Can't see how to post a screenshot here, but I have more than 259 characters in my PATH, not file name. I just did so much work giving everything DESCRIPTIVE names and now what? Go back to never knowing what's in the folders ...

Still don't know why this folder I created was READ ONLY.

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It looks like everything is working now and the lesson learned is that in 30 years MS has not yet learned how to provide meaningful error messages.

I still have to use Explorer for now, no time to learn Total Commander until after my deadline, but I'm looking forward to ditching Explorer.

I tried to mark as SOLVED, but get an error.

:)

 

Now wouldn´t that b a cool feature...

Hi,



I just read an article in the new Linux magazine on the use of Ramdisks. Using those as a file system can drastically speed up read and write performance. That would be a cool feature to build in the OS of mobile phones that hold a memory card anyway, wouldn´t
it. Then saving a large Excel sheet wouldn´t take ages as it does now (on my E61 anyway), but just a few seconds...

Regards,

 

Skype won´t wok in 17063

Skype Won´t work... games won´t work...

Making backup and re-format...

Maybe I Install a Windows 7 again, At least, all of my games run smoothly ...Sadness!!

*Banghead

 

Can't open or rename file (name is too long) WTF?

Hi Ramsey,

I suggest to try "Long Path Tool" program .

before I have problem cannot copy file because file name too long. and after I found long path tool and now my problem solved

Thanks

Patrick