I had to reinstall Windows XP. My Word 2003 documents were backed up. With
some difficulty I retrieved the documents. However, the file names have lost
most of the identyfying description making opening the correct file very
difficult and tedious. Is there a way of "re-retrieving" the files from the
backup disk with all the correct files names? Incidentally, my Favourites for
Internet Explorer suffered the same fate - all shortened names and in a
larger case.

Hi ?B?QldSLkJhc2lsZG9uLnVr?=,

You need to ask this in a WINDOWS newsgroup. Be sure to specify what kind of
back-up medium you used (zip-drive, tape, etc.). Most likely, this medium
doesn't support long file names (uses the old 8.3 format), or has been
configured to do so.

I had to reinstall Windows XP. My Word 2003 documents were backed up. With
some difficulty I retrieved the documents. However, the file names have lost
most of the identyfying description making opening the correct file very
difficult and tedious. Is there a way of "re-retrieving" the files from the
backup disk with all the correct files names? Incidentally, my Favourites for
Internet Explorer suffered the same fate - all shortened names and in a
larger case.


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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