Re: Major frustrations with "Path is too deep" copy problems...help??

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Hi, Rick..

Thanks again for your efforts.

I've copied several small files between these two boxes, and that works
just fine. Let's say "small" means less than (and often substanially
so) 700K.

Frustrating.

-David

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not 100% on this issue, but I have seen it before. The problem occurs
> most often when the PATH statement exceeds 1023 characters and the transfer
> is being done across a network. Have you tried copying just a small simple
> txt file? If this is the problem, it should still occur. If not, then you
> may be correct in suspecting the router.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> <intrepid_dw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1129429298.487172.216890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > These are new machines with very little SW on them. PATH is minimal.
> > Still, I'm not understanding how that would prevent a drag-and-drop
> > file copy....smaller files (eg < 700K) work.
> >
> > Thanks, Rick..
> >

.

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