Cannot Insert and Link To File or Picture with Long Path

ID: Q139774

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Windows 95 operating system
Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

On Windows 95, when you link to a file or picture and the path to the file or picture is 253 or more characters long, you get the following error message:

   This is not a valid filename.

On Windows NT, version 3.51, when you link to a file or picture and the path to the file or picture is 253 or more characters long, you get the following error message:

   There is not enough memory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Move the file or picture to a new location so that the path will

          contain fewer than 253 characters.

Method 2: Embed the file or picture rather then linking to it.

KBCategory: kbusage kbole buglist7.0 KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 7.0 word7 word95 link linked linking links invalid not valid wrong winword

Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 5, 1998