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    HP cd-writer

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    by javed_far ·

    Hi,
    i am Javed. i have a external HP CD-Writer 8200 series installed on windows 2000 professional.the burning s/w is HP My CD came along with the writer.During burning process,the s/w is not allowing me to record files having names more than 110 characters.if it is a question of 5-10 files then i would have change filenames below 110 chars but i have 1000 of files with long names which are tedious to make shortnames.i am doing the recording from hardisk to CD.i appreciate if anyone has solution for the above issue.

    Javed

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    • #3708081

      HP cd-writer

      by andrew ·

      In reply to HP cd-writer

      I don’t know about the CD burner, but here’s a little program to help you rename files to a short name:

      Private Sub RecurseFolders(sStartPath As String)
      Dim oFSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
      Dim oFolders As Scripting.Folders
      Dim oFolder As Scripting.Folder
      Dim oSubFolder As Scripting.Folder
      Dim oFiles As Scripting.Files
      Dim oFile As Scripting.File

      Set oFSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
      Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sStartPath)
      Set oFiles = oFolder.Files
      For Each oFile In oFiles
      oFile.Copy oFile.ParentFolder & “\” & oFile.ShortName
      Next

      Set oFolders = oFolder.SubFolders
      For Each oSubFolder In oFolders
      RecurseFolders oSubFolder.Path
      Next
      End Sub

      Private Sub Command1_Click()
      RecurseFolders “d:\workspaces\test\”
      End Sub

      Just give it a start path, and it will recurse the folder structure from there.

      • #3716243

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        by javed_far ·

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    • #3609788

      HP cd-writer

      by nick ·

      In reply to HP cd-writer

      I use a freeware program called ‘THE Rename’ to manage files in Windows 98/ME. It identifies (too) long filenames and can also logically rename as well.

      I don’t know if the program will work with W2000, but include the link in case other people using W9x have the same problem. It has other features eg allows editing of MP3 ID tags, though I havn’t tested them yet.

      http://www.herve-thouzard.com/therename.phtml

      Hope it works for you on W2000.

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        by javed_far ·

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    • #3554940

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      by tjc ·

      In reply to HP cd-writer

      I use a program called Nero…. http://www.nero.com to do the buring that I do. I will automatcailly rename the files for me, since there seems to be a limit on the file length and directory path that a cd can handel.

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        by javed_far ·

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