Using FB2K for correcting file names that are too long ?

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swayzak View Member Profile	Apr 13 2012, 21:54 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 23-August 05 Member No.: 24082	Hi I came across a weird problem today. I have been running a music library from an ext USB driver (320GB+, mostly mpt3 files) for my Logitech Squeezebox devices. Bought a nice new Win 7 64bit laptop today with a 750GB drive so tried to copy over the library. Annoyingly approx. 113 mp3 files refused to copy because of filename length issues. Don't understand why they can exist & be played from the USB drive on my old netbook, but there you go. Is there an easy way I can use FB2K to identify all the culprits & shorten the filename lengths to circumvent this problem ? thanks

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swayzak Using FB2K for correcting file names that are too long ? Apr 13 2012, 21:54

derty2 Before commiting to a massive copy/backup job, it ... Apr 14 2012, 09:26

swayzak Many thanks Is there a simpler method in FB2K e.g... Apr 18 2012, 08:13

derty2 Yes it is possible to manage this information from... Apr 18 2012, 11:38

swayzak Many thanks However this sorts by path length (ra... Apr 18 2012, 13:34

derty2 Why do you care about the length of this argument?... Apr 18 2012, 14:01

swayzak Sorry - just being dim I guess. I thought my issu... Apr 18 2012, 18:35

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