File names in Windows that are up to 255 characters in length. Long file names include spaces and special characters except for slashes, colons, asterisks, open/close brackets, exclamation points and ...

Every independent collection of data on a disk is a "file," such as a word procesing document, spreadsheet, database, image or video. An executable program, program shortcut and an icon are also files ...

Mac OS X 10.x, Mac OS 9.x: Info Comments Do Not Appear TIL article 106301 states: "Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X store file Comments separately. Comments entered in the Info window when started up from Mac OS ...

Why is Mac so fussey with file names when it comes to sharing with Windows? Some users complain of file names too short cause issues. Others say if the files names are too long there can be issues? I ...

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File names on Linux systems can be as long as 255 characters. While determining which files in a directory have the longest names might not be the most exciting task at hand, doing this with a script ...

If your business works with and shares numerous files, copying file names can save a lot of time. Typing a file name is easy when the name is short, but long, complex names with special characters are ...

One inherent weakness in WinRAR is its inability to handle long file names and directory structures. Attempting to extract long names from a business RAR file will ...

MLStrand56 complained to the Windows forum about Windows’ inability to save file names containing punctuation. [Email your tech questions to [email protected] or post them on the PCW Answer Line forum ...