After having dealt with some troublesome files (i.e. ones you can't delete/copy/move etc. because "Access is denied", although it actually isn't), I noticed that by creating my own file (just a simple text file should do, although in this particular case it was a RAR), and renaming it with a long filename until Windows prevents you from entering more characters, you can make a file that Windows refuses to delete. Although you can rename it to a short filename and then delete it, that is beside the point; the point is, Windows refuses to delete files with a long filename. I don't want people telling me to download other software; this is not a problem to me, I am not a dolt, and I am not asking for a solution.
Has anyone else noticed this or other stupid problems? Do you think you can hazard a guess as to why this is (please no stupid "I don't know" answers (guessing is OK though); if you don't understand, then don't show your ignorance, and learn from people that do know.)
2006-10-18
15:30:43
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Rich
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