At 11:25 AM 12/27/00 -0800 Rita wrote:
>Jay
>
>I am lost. I remember some DOS but this file is outrageous. Here is the name:
>
>How The Grinch Stole Christmas Soundtrack - 08 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Whoville
>Medley (Perfect Christmas-Grinch)
According to Microsoft, Scandisk can fix some problems with long filenames.
Using wildcards you can do this from dos as I stated before.
cd the directory containing the file
ren *Grin*8*.mp? newfile.mp3
WARNING:
you may need to use "" around the filename and make sure you do not put a SPACE
between * and G
Also make sure the pattern you use doesn't match any other filename.
Another Way to Rename the File
You can try the old windows 3.1 filemanager, Start -> Run -> type in winfile and hit
<enter> locate the file, highlight it, chose File from the menu and Rename. Rename
the file using 8.3 format or newfile.mp3 Then go back Explorer and name it what you
want and delete the old one with the long name.
/jay
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