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I apparently renamed a Word 2003 document with a file name that is too long.
Now I cannot open or rename this document. When I right click on the document, I get an abbreviated menu that does not include rename. When try to open the document, nothing happens. Any way to correct this and get my document back? Thanks. |
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You could try one of two things:
Click on file name and press F2 to see if it will allow name change or, if this doesn't work, bring up blank page, insert the file, and rename with shorter name. "Kimberly1999" wrote: I apparently renamed a Word 2003 document with a file name that is too long. Now I cannot open or rename this document. When I right click on the document, I get an abbreviated menu that does not include rename. When try to open the document, nothing happens. Any way to correct this and get my document back? Thanks. |
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Thanks for the idea but no joy. F2 was unresponsive on this file. When I
try the Insert file method, I get a message that the full path of the file is too long and that I need to use the Map Network Drive command to connect to the server to shorten the path (I'm not on a network). Any other ideas? "LS" wrote: You could try one of two things: Click on file name and press F2 to see if it will allow name change or, if this doesn't work, bring up blank page, insert the file, and rename with shorter name. "Kimberly1999" wrote: I apparently renamed a Word 2003 document with a file name that is too long. Now I cannot open or rename this document. When I right click on the document, I get an abbreviated menu that does not include rename. When try to open the document, nothing happens. Any way to correct this and get my document back? Thanks. |
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Have you tried renaming in Windows Explorer rather than Word? Other than
that, I don't have any ideas, sorry. "Kimberly1999" wrote: Thanks for the idea but no joy. F2 was unresponsive on this file. When I try the Insert file method, I get a message that the full path of the file is too long and that I need to use the Map Network Drive command to connect to the server to shorten the path (I'm not on a network). Any other ideas? "LS" wrote: You could try one of two things: Click on file name and press F2 to see if it will allow name change or, if this doesn't work, bring up blank page, insert the file, and rename with shorter name. "Kimberly1999" wrote: I apparently renamed a Word 2003 document with a file name that is too long. Now I cannot open or rename this document. When I right click on the document, I get an abbreviated menu that does not include rename. When try to open the document, nothing happens. Any way to correct this and get my document back? Thanks. |
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THANK YOU LS! Your responses led me to a solution. I went through explorer
and renamed the folder to a shorter name which contained the word doc. That shortened the file/path name enough so that I could rename and open the doc itself! "LS" wrote: Have you tried renaming in Windows Explorer rather than Word? Other than that, I don't have any ideas, sorry. "Kimberly1999" wrote: Thanks for the idea but no joy. F2 was unresponsive on this file. When I try the Insert file method, I get a message that the full path of the file is too long and that I need to use the Map Network Drive command to connect to the server to shorten the path (I'm not on a network). Any other ideas? "LS" wrote: You could try one of two things: Click on file name and press F2 to see if it will allow name change or, if this doesn't work, bring up blank page, insert the file, and rename with shorter name. "Kimberly1999" wrote: I apparently renamed a Word 2003 document with a file name that is too long. Now I cannot open or rename this document. When I right click on the document, I get an abbreviated menu that does not include rename. When try to open the document, nothing happens. Any way to correct this and get my document back? Thanks. |
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Glad I was able to help, Leanne
"Kimberly1999" wrote: THANK YOU LS! Your responses led me to a solution. I went through explorer and renamed the folder to a shorter name which contained the word doc. That shortened the file/path name enough so that I could rename and open the doc itself! "LS" wrote: Have you tried renaming in Windows Explorer rather than Word? Other than that, I don't have any ideas, sorry. "Kimberly1999" wrote: Thanks for the idea but no joy. F2 was unresponsive on this file. When I try the Insert file method, I get a message that the full path of the file is too long and that I need to use the Map Network Drive command to connect to the server to shorten the path (I'm not on a network). Any other ideas? "LS" wrote: You could try one of two things: Click on file name and press F2 to see if it will allow name change or, if this doesn't work, bring up blank page, insert the file, and rename with shorter name. "Kimberly1999" wrote: I apparently renamed a Word 2003 document with a file name that is too long. Now I cannot open or rename this document. When I right click on the document, I get an abbreviated menu that does not include rename. When try to open the document, nothing happens. Any way to correct this and get my document back? Thanks. |
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Use Long Path Tool, Long Path Tool can simplify and probably end your problems in unlocking, managing and renaming files that appear to have a long filename. |
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You can try LongPathTool to get back your document. It will recreate your document with the original file and also easy to use. Hope this will help you in getting your file back. Alina |
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