[Brenda from Michigan]

On occassion I have users who are having trouble opening or saving a Word
document. Research determines they have extremely long path and or filenames
on a network drive. However, the reported behavior is inconsistent - one
person gets an error, can't save a file, can't open a file, etc., but other
people in the work area with idential setups and PC configurations have no
trouble. Generally they believe me when they save the file to their desktop
to use it and the problems cease.

Does anyone know of any documentation that addresses the issue of long paths
on network drives? Thank you.

[Graham Mayor]

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx for background

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Brenda from Michigan wrote:
On occassion I have users who are having trouble opening or saving a
Word document. Research determines they have extremely long path and
or filenames on a network drive. However, the reported behavior is
inconsistent - one person gets an error, can't save a file, can't
open a file, etc., but other people in the work area with idential
setups and PC configurations have no trouble. Generally they believe
me when they save the file to their desktop to use it and the
problems cease.

Does anyone know of any documentation that addresses the issue of
long paths on network drives? Thank you.

[Brenda from Michigan]

Thank you. Exactly what I was seeking.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx for background

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Brenda from Michigan wrote:
On occassion I have users who are having trouble opening or saving a
Word document. Research determines they have extremely long path and
or filenames on a network drive. However, the reported behavior is
inconsistent - one person gets an error, can't save a file, can't
open a file, etc., but other people in the work area with idential
setups and PC configurations have no trouble. Generally they believe
me when they save the file to their desktop to use it and the
problems cease.

Does anyone know of any documentation that addresses the issue of
long paths on network drives? Thank you.

[LukasKadrow]

Long Path Tool Can help you solve this problem. Download it at longpathtooldotcom

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Originally Posted by Brenda from Michigan

On occassion I have users who are having trouble opening or saving a Word
document. Research determines they have extremely long path and or filenames
on a network drive. However, the reported behavior is inconsistent - one
person gets an error, can't save a file, can't open a file, etc., but other
people in the work area with idential setups and PC configurations have no
trouble. Generally they believe me when they save the file to their desktop
to use it and the problems cease.

Does anyone know of any documentation that addresses the issue of long paths
on network drives? Thank you.

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