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by keld.jegind

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When scandisk on one of our win98 computers has been executed (public school network NT)I often get the message: invalid long file name found on the computer. But how do I find this long invalid file name on the computers and where and how to delete it especially whwn I am making images? I have never succeeded in finding out where to find this "invalid long file name".

Keld Jegind
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by saihib

In the Advanced options for Scandisk enable
Report MS-DOS Mode Name Length Errors. The problem is that Scandisk can't process files if the path is longer than 66 characters. Enabling the error report should tell you where these files reside and allow you to move them. It's not anything serious and if I were you I'd just ignore the message.

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