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On 16 Jul 2008 14:10:45 GMT, in alt.usenet.kooks, Bucky Breeder
<not.here.now@nd.gone.fishing.tomorrow.bye> bloviated:
>"Kadaitcha Man" could not find his weenie with a magnifying glass
>because he burnt it off last he tried this out in the sun so now
>that his brain is riddled with syphilis-caves when his geriatric
>diaper gets overly soiled and he's full from eating the toxic
>run-off for TV snacks and he can get close to someone's compter
>he says idiotic stuff like this:
>
>Bucky Breeder <not.here.now@nd.gone.fishing.tomorrow.bye>
>wrote in news:Xns9ADD4EB712823VulcanMimeMelt@216.151.153.14:
>>
>>> Scribner <walter3ca@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>> news:v4er7419lj1pmba3cdniln0atge064l5kd@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> A guy sent me a .rar file. I'm using Winrar 3.71 to open it.
>>>> I swear that each file's title is longer than my arm. Winrar
>>>> gives me a long file name error message and won't decompress
>>>> it. The guy is traveling so I can't get him to send me a
>>>> modified version. Is there any way that I can open these
>>>> files? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In Windows, the best way to deal with manipulating long
>>> file names is to move the offending file to a basic drive
>>> from your desktop. This eliminates a long and possibly
>>> complicated path, eg. :
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\My Personal User Account\
>>> Desktop\some.outrageously.extravagantageousemous.long.rar
>>>
>>> Thus, the target destination would be from the above to the below :
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\My Personal User Account\
>>> Desktop\some.outrageously.extravagantageousemous.long\
>>> now.wtf-ever.the.imbecile.named.the.included.files.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> Like, I'd move it to my "E:\" drive because that's my data drive,
>>> but you might try cutting it to your "C:\" drive.
>>>
>>> I use a file renamer called betterfilerename. It's a context menu deal.
>>> I've run into this with mp3s where the file name will reboot Windows
>>> Explorer with an error message. It has to do with a long elaborate
>>> Album name and the artist's elaborate title and name being included in
>>> the same string as the song title for a file name... and then there's the
>>> path to deal with.
>>>
>>> First, move it to C:\ . If that doesn't, then rename. If that doesn't,
>>> then post back with more details.
>>
>> Bullis II.
>>
>
>Obstreperous cascade-trolls
Obsequious cascade-trolls.
<not.here.now@nd.gone.fishing.tomorrow.bye> bloviated:
>"Kadaitcha Man" could not find his weenie with a magnifying glass
>because he burnt it off last he tried this out in the sun so now
>that his brain is riddled with syphilis-caves when his geriatric
>diaper gets overly soiled and he's full from eating the toxic
>run-off for TV snacks and he can get close to someone's compter
>he says idiotic stuff like this:
>
>Bucky Breeder <not.here.now@nd.gone.fishing.tomorrow.bye>
>wrote in news:Xns9ADD4EB712823VulcanMimeMelt@216.151.153.14:
>>
>>> Scribner <walter3ca@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>> news:v4er7419lj1pmba3cdniln0atge064l5kd@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> A guy sent me a .rar file. I'm using Winrar 3.71 to open it.
>>>> I swear that each file's title is longer than my arm. Winrar
>>>> gives me a long file name error message and won't decompress
>>>> it. The guy is traveling so I can't get him to send me a
>>>> modified version. Is there any way that I can open these
>>>> files? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In Windows, the best way to deal with manipulating long
>>> file names is to move the offending file to a basic drive
>>> from your desktop. This eliminates a long and possibly
>>> complicated path, eg. :
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\My Personal User Account\
>>> Desktop\some.outrageously.extravagantageousemous.long.rar
>>>
>>> Thus, the target destination would be from the above to the below :
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\My Personal User Account\
>>> Desktop\some.outrageously.extravagantageousemous.long\
>>> now.wtf-ever.the.imbecile.named.the.included.files.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> Like, I'd move it to my "E:\" drive because that's my data drive,
>>> but you might try cutting it to your "C:\" drive.
>>>
>>> I use a file renamer called betterfilerename. It's a context menu deal.
>>> I've run into this with mp3s where the file name will reboot Windows
>>> Explorer with an error message. It has to do with a long elaborate
>>> Album name and the artist's elaborate title and name being included in
>>> the same string as the song title for a file name... and then there's the
>>> path to deal with.
>>>
>>> First, move it to C:\ . If that doesn't, then rename. If that doesn't,
>>> then post back with more details.
>>
>> Bullis II.
>>
>
>Obstreperous cascade-trolls
Obsequious cascade-trolls.
