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Anonymous
2020-11-06T21:21:38+00:00

When I'm trying to type a name into a new file, it will stop me after so many characters.  What is going on?  How do I fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-06T22:09:26+00:00

    11-2020 - 12-2020 - Wayfarer Articles

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-06T22:06:45+00:00

    That's really weird.  It doesn't show a drive.  What the heck?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-11-06T21:42:14+00:00

    What is the path you are trying to save to?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-06T21:38:23+00:00

    William, I apologize.  I didn't describe this very well.  It won't let me type past a dozen or so characters.  It's way too short.  Is that making sense now?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-06T21:31:25+00:00

    Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is William, I’m an Independent Advisor. I'll be happy to help you out today.

    There is a hard limit on the number of characters (usually 260) any one folder/file can contain. This limit is determined by how deeply nested the file is within the file system. Technically, a filename length is a combination of the folder path + the file name. A file in the path C:\SomeFolder can be longer than a file in C:\SomeFolder\SomeSubFolder...

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