Q180331: Cannot Redirect with Long Folder Name in MS-DOS Prompt Session

Article: Q180331
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Issue type        : kbprb

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