UNC Path length problem opening a file in excel 2002 or 2003

I've had several of my users that can't open an excel file when the UNC path
length gets close to 220 characters. The UNC points to a 2003 server. This
happens if you try to open using windows explorer or using the OPEN command
in excel.

Only excel is giving us problems. Word and other programs work just fine.

I can't find anything in the knowledge base. Has anyone else seen this
problem?

Thanks
John

P.S. Please CC to j w a r r e n _ r e m o v e (a t ) p r u d e n t r x
_ r e m o v e . c o m

Take out the "_ r e m o v e" from the address.

From Excel Help "Guidelines for naming Files" (xl2k)
To make it easier to find your workbooks, you can use long, descriptive file names. The
complete path to the file, including drive letter, server name, folder path, file name,
and a three-character file name extension, can contain up to 218 characters. File names
cannot include

--
Regards;
Rob
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"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've had several of my users that can't open an excel file when the UNC path
> length gets close to 220 characters. The UNC points to a 2003 server. This
> happens if you try to open using windows explorer or using the OPEN command
> in excel.
>
> Only excel is giving us problems. Word and other programs work just fine.
>
> I can't find anything in the knowledge base. Has anyone else seen this
> problem?
>
> Thanks
> John
>
> P.S. Please CC to j w a r r e n _ r e m o v e (a t ) p r u d e n t r x
> _ r e m o v e . c o m
>
> Take out the "_ r e m o v e" from the address.

Missed that although the word and windows have a limit of 256. I wonder why
Excel is shorter.

Thanks
John


"RWN" wrote:

> From Excel Help "Guidelines for naming Files" (xl2k)
> To make it easier to find your workbooks, you can use long, descriptive file names. The
> complete path to the file, including drive letter, server name, folder path, file name,
> and a three-character file name extension, can contain up to 218 characters. File names
> cannot include
>
> --
> Regards;
> Rob
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I've had several of my users that can't open an excel file when the UNC path
> > length gets close to 220 characters. The UNC points to a 2003 server. This
> > happens if you try to open using windows explorer or using the OPEN command
> > in excel.
> >
> > Only excel is giving us problems. Word and other programs work just fine.
> >
> > I can't find anything in the knowledge base. Has anyone else seen this
> > problem?
> >
> > Thanks
> > John
> >
> > P.S. Please CC to j w a r r e n _ r e m o v e (a t ) p r u d e n t r x
> > _ r e m o v e . c o m
> >
> > Take out the "_ r e m o v e" from the address.
>
>
>

Just to bring some mental stimulation to the whole process(?).

--
Regards;
Rob
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Missed that although the word and windows have a limit of 256. I wonder why
> Excel is shorter.
>
> Thanks
> John
>
>
> "RWN" wrote:
>
> > From Excel Help "Guidelines for naming Files" (xl2k)
> > To make it easier to find your workbooks, you can use long, descriptive file names.
The
> > complete path to the file, including drive letter, server name, folder path, file
name,
> > and a three-character file name extension, can contain up to 218 characters. File
names
> > cannot include
> >
> > --
> > Regards;
> > Rob
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > "John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I've had several of my users that can't open an excel file when the UNC path
> > > length gets close to 220 characters. The UNC points to a 2003 server. This
> > > happens if you try to open using windows explorer or using the OPEN command
> > > in excel.
> > >
> > > Only excel is giving us problems. Word and other programs work just fine.
> > >
> > > I can't find anything in the knowledge base. Has anyone else seen this
> > > problem?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > John
> > >
> > > P.S. Please CC to j w a r r e n _ r e m o v e (a t ) p r u d e n t r x
> > > _ r e m o v e . c o m
> > >
> > > Take out the "_ r e m o v e" from the address.
> >
> >
> >

Try LONG PATH TOOL!!!