I thought Windows XP could handle long file names, that is, in excess
of eighty characters. I use Windows XP Pro and whenever I try to
change (usually shorten) the name, or even delete a file of over
eighty characters, either by highlighting in Windows Explorer and
clicking the big red X for delete, or right-clicking on the file to
choose delete or rename, Windows Explorer gives me an error message
which says Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and will shut
down, then closes. Any idea why this is? Seems to me I should be able
to work with these long files names. Most of them are usually .mp3
files which after downloading have more information than I want, like
artist, album, track number, year it was recorded, name of the
track...mp3, all of which makes up for a file name I can't work with. I do have
a program that allows me to work with the audio files but I'd like to know why
XP is crashing whenever I try to access a file with a long name. Also, it would
be easier doing it through Windows Explorer if I could. Makes no sense to me.
Thanks for any ideas.