DOCUMENT:Q171857 09-AUG-2001 [win95x] TITLE :Long File Name Lost After Using Send To Command with WordPad PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:95; WINDOWS NT:4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbtool osr2 win95 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows 95 - Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, version 2.0 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If you add WordPad to the Send To menu, and then use the WordPad command on the Send To menu to activate a file with a long file name, the file's 8.3 alias is displayed in the title bar of the WordPad window. If you then use WordPad to save the file to a different location, the file's long file name is lost. RESOLUTION ========== To work around this problem, save the file to the same location instead of saving it to a different location. When you save the file to the same location, the long file name is not lost. After you save the file, you can use My Computer or Windows Explorer to copy or move the file to a different location. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the WordPad tool included with the Windows versions listed above. We are researching this problem and will post new information in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. MORE INFORMATION ================ For additional information about using and modifying the Send To command, view the "Copying a file to a floppy disk" or "Quickly sending files to another place" topic in Windows 95 Help, or see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q141017 How to Add Items to the "Send To" List Additional query words: lost ====================================================================== Keywords : kbtool osr2 win95 Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbZNotKeyword3 Version : WINDOWS:95; WINDOWS NT:4.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.