Copying a File With a Long Name from a Web Folder Creates a Zero Byte File (267186)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q267186 SYMPTOMS
When you copy a file that has a file name of 167 characters or more from a Web folder (located on a Web server) to a local folder (located, for example, on drive C of your computer) you may obtain a zero byte file (a file with no contents).
RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, you must shorten the file name to less than 160 characters before you copy it to a local folder.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/25/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB267186 |
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