can't copy files to thumb drive please help

Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and I
can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help me
please.thanks in advance

Olórin
Tue Mar 18 03:30:02 PDT 2008

batugajah wrote:
> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
> me please.thanks in advance

What have you tried so far? Google would be a good place to start:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22file+path+too+deep%22&meta=

Sounds like the full path to the files is too long. If your file's located
at, for instance

C:\Documents and Settings\Extremely funny login name I thought up\Extremely
funny login name I thought up's Documents\Extremely funny login name I
thought up's Pictures\Digital photos from our new camera\Holiday
pictures\2007\August\Me and all my chums in Katmandu.jpg

then the path is 268 characters long. There's a limit of 255 characters,
which I'd hazard is your problem here.

Olórin
Tue Mar 18 03:41:58 PDT 2008

Olórin wrote:
> batugajah wrote:
>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
>> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
>> me please.thanks in advance
>
> What have you tried so far? Google would be a good place to start:
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22file+path+too+deep%22&meta=
>
> Sounds like the full path to the files is too long. If your file's
> located at, for instance
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Extremely funny login name I thought
> up\Extremely funny login name I thought up's Documents\Extremely
> funny login name I thought up's Pictures\Digital photos from our new
> camera\Holiday pictures\2007\August\Me and all my chums in
> Katmandu.jpg
> then the path is 268 characters long. There's a limit of 255
> characters, which I'd hazard is your problem here.

PS It looks like robocopy doesn't have this problem so you could try using
that. By default it supports "very long path (> 256 characters)", which can
be turned of with a "/256" switch.

http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

Oh, is it 256? Thought it was 255.... nev' mind.

Touch
Tue Mar 18 05:30:24 PDT 2008


"Olórin" <someoneelse@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ubasySOiIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Olórin wrote:
>> batugajah wrote:
>>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
>>> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
>>> me please.thanks in advance
>>


The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length

batugajah
Thu Mar 20 03:45:01 PDT 2008

>Thanks for the help it seems that the connection of the usb hub has a problem.

"Touch Base" wrote:

>
> "Olórin" <someoneelse@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ubasySOiIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Olórin wrote:
> >> batugajah wrote:
> >>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
> >>> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
> >>> me please.thanks in advance
> >>
>
>
> The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
> The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
> Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length
>
>
>

Olórin
Tue Mar 25 03:05:27 PDT 2008

batugajah wrote:
>> Thanks for the help it seems that the connection of the usb hub has
>> a problem.
>
> "Touch Base" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Olórin" <someoneelse@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ubasySOiIHA.4740@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Olórin wrote:
>>>> batugajah wrote:
>>>>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep]
>>>>> and I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can
>>>>> anyone help me please.thanks in advance
>>>>
>>
>>
>> The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
>> The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters
>> long. Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for
>> path length

Thanks for reporting back!

Kaja
Wed Apr 09 11:39:01 PDT 2008


If you search "file+path+too+deep" on Google you will see a number of
responses about this error.
Best Regards,
Kaja
"batugajah" wrote:

>
> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and I
> can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help me
> please.thanks in advance