This software provides support for long path name and many other interesting features too. Does Excel 2007 fix the problem? You will not be capable of recovery. Hi, you are getting this error while saving or opening the file because the path including file name exceeds 218 characters. We eventually figured out that due to the huge folder structure he was storing everything in, the length of the filenames to the referenced Excel files were too long for Excel to digest! Windows wouldn't allow me to zip the individual files hence why i zipped the entire folder. Thanks closed as off-topic by , , , , Aug 11 '16 at 22:01 This question appears to be off-topic. I've also tried to convert it but thje converter software says unknown file type. Be sure to hit F5 if it didn't refresh itself.
Just how many folders are you drilling down? You will also find a ton of free software as in free beer that will never try to extort a penny from you. Improper and unexpected shutting of excel sheet triggers files corruption. To do so will ultimately be suicide for those companies. Is this a known bug? All these are caused by those incredibly long file paths. One of the steps is to not exceed 218 characters. It sounds like this is a media file? Also, this sounds like a lot of work for each file.
So, basically this command would convert the entire folder path you provide in the command, into a single temporary drive letter, like V in this case, which gets created in My Computer. It find great humor in the fact that software developed in the early 1970s is more powerful then anything that I could find in Windows 7 to resolve this issue. I was exceeding the 218 character pathname. What type of file is this? Last warning, check, re-check and check again. Give it a try, cheers! Just how many folders are you drilling down? Let me know if this helped you out by posting in the comments. Enormous data on excel sheet is a leading cause of file corruption. I am also using it for almost an year.
Windows and Windows applications tend to look only at extension, not header. You may want to include where you got the file from? For that matter close all application prior shut down. Go to the first parent folder the folder containing this file and rename the folder to a very short name, 2 or 3 characters are enough. Rename that folder to something shorter ex. It can handle all Excel versions but up to Excel 2003.
Source: This was posted by techspeeder. We have many damage file or blocked files. On top of this limit, certain applications—such as Microsoft Excel—have shorter limits 218 characters. I zipped the entire folder with the files that had the stupidly long file names. There's no context menu for rename, I've also tried clicking on it when it's highlightd which usually changes name too.
If so please give us some more information so we can try and help - please remember we cannot see over your shoulder so be as descriptive as possible! Which is when i discovered that i couldn't open them or rename them using F2. So, how can I copy the files or fix this issue? My example was simplified: there are actually several directories at several levels too-deep, each containing files that are now inaccessible due to path-too-long issues. I moved it to the root directory. If you would rather fix the error using the manual method check below. Your problem is now solved.
Often an error pertaining to opening an existing excel file which means a problem in accessing the desired excel file , or concerning saving a file or excel document spreadsheet occurs. Option for Mac similarly may be used. There were so many trash results in Google. So as you can see, its already longer than you thought it is. This contains everything you need. However, if recovery mode fails to start user may try recovery manually as shown below. Apostrophes and brackets used to denote the workbook name.
If your folder paths start exceeding 120 characters by themselves, it's time to reorganize your content folders. If so please mark it for some Kudos below. I imagine that on the local workstation, there was no problem opening the file, but now that they are on a longer path on the network, Windows can't open them when I double-click. I get this error when trying to open it. Like what is the file extension? But I like my descriptive file names and I hate having to do this.