Destination Path Too Long in Windows 7

[Carlbrown]

I'm trying tocopy some of my purchased sample packs to DVD only for a few of them coming up with this error in Windows 7:

"The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten file name and try again, or try a location that has a shorter path." [SKIP] OR [CANCEL]

[Googly Smythe]

Windows has a filename/path length limit of 250 characters. You will have to shorten the destination path. Try copying to a 1 character name root folder, and go from there.

[whyterabbyt]

You could map a drive letter to somewhere 'deeper'in your folder structure and use that.

You can do that from the command line eg

subst X: c:\some\path\to\a\reallyreallyreallyreallyreally\long\path\name

or perhaps use a junction point to map a folder

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshel ... nsion.html

[Googly Smythe]

You could map a drive letter to somewhere 'deeper'in your folder structure and use that.

You can do that from the command line eg

subst X: c:\some\path\to\a\reallyreallyreallyreallyreally\long\path\name

or perhaps use a junction point to map a folder

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshel ... nsion.html

You're 'way more hardcore than me!