Cannot Redirect with Long Folder Name in MS-DOS Prompt Session

Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q180331

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

If you change folders to a folder with a long file name using quotation marks (") to specify the long file name in an MS-DOS prompt session and then attempt to redirect (>) a file in that folder to the printer port (LPT1), you may receive the following error message:

   File Creation Error

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, change folders to the folder with the long file name by using the folder's short file name alias. For example, to change to the C:\My Long File Folder folder, use the following command:

   cd mylong~1

Then, use the redirect command. For example:

   type myfile.fil > lpt1

Additional query words: send copy
Keywords : win95 kbenv kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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