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Why does this fail?If I type a folder name into the Run box, XP opens the folder. Except
for one folder, C:\Docs\My Music. Its 14 GB size can't be the reason, because other even larger folders open OK (e.g. C:\Docs). Anyone know the explanation please? -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Terry Pinnell wrote:
> If I type a folder name into the Run box, XP opens the folder. Did you put quotes around the command since it has spaces in it?> Except for one folder, C:\Docs\My Music. Its 14 GB size can't be > the reason, because other even larger folders open OK (e.g. > C:\Docs). Anyone know the explanation please? e.g.: "C:\Docs\My Music" -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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"Shenan Stanley" <newshel***@gmail.com> wrote: No, but it makes no difference. Doesn't seem necessary. And about>Terry Pinnell wrote: >> If I type a folder name into the Run box, XP opens the folder. >> Except for one folder, C:\Docs\My Music. Its 14 GB size can't be >> the reason, because other even larger folders open OK (e.g. >> C:\Docs). Anyone know the explanation please? > >Did you put quotes around the command since it has spaces in it? > >e.g.: "C:\Docs\My Music" > >-- >Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP twenty other folders with spaces all opened OK. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Terry Pinnell wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > "Shenan Stanley" <newshel***@gmail.com> wrote: *shrug* That directory sounds like one you created. If there is anything > >> Terry Pinnell wrote: >>> If I type a folder name into the Run box, XP opens the folder. >>> Except for one folder, C:\Docs\My Music. Its 14 GB size can't be >>> the reason, because other even larger folders open OK (e.g. >>> C:\Docs). Anyone know the explanation please? >> >> Did you put quotes around the command since it has spaces in it? >> >> e.g.: "C:\Docs\My Music" >> >> -- >> Shenan Stanley >> MS-MVP > > No, but it makes no difference. Doesn't seem necessary. And about > twenty other folders with spaces all opened OK. special about it - you may have done it yourself. Did you redirect your "My Documents" there and that is how that got created? Or do you actually mean "C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\My Documents\My Music\" when you say "C:\Docs\My Music"? If you use Windows Explorer (My Computer) to go to that folder and then copy the path from the "address" bar and paste it into the RUN command area - what happens? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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"Shenan Stanley" <newshel***@gmail.com> wrote: C:\Docs is the replacement for C:\Documents and Settings\<my> >Terry Pinnell wrote: >> "Shenan Stanley" <newshel***@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Terry Pinnell wrote: >>>> If I type a folder name into the Run box, XP opens the folder. >>>> Except for one folder, C:\Docs\My Music. Its 14 GB size can't be >>>> the reason, because other even larger folders open OK (e.g. >>>> C:\Docs). Anyone know the explanation please? >>> >>> Did you put quotes around the command since it has spaces in it? >>> >>> e.g.: "C:\Docs\My Music" >>> >>> -- >>> Shenan Stanley >>> MS-MVP >> >> No, but it makes no difference. Doesn't seem necessary. And about >> twenty other folders with spaces all opened OK. > >*shrug* That directory sounds like one you created. If there is anything >special about it - you may have done it yourself. > >Did you redirect your "My Documents" there and that is how that got created? >Or do you actually mean "C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\My >Documents\My Music\" when you say "C:\Docs\My Music"? username>\My Documents. Made following all the rules nearly a year ago. All other sub-folders of C:\Docs open OK from Run, including very large ones such as My Pictures (51 GB), My Videos (43 GB). My Music (14 GB) is the only exception. I haven't counted the number of files - could that bizarrely impose some sort of limit? >If you use Windows Explorer (My Computer) to go to that folder and then copy Nothing, but as the paste is simply the same as before, 'C:\Docs\My>the path from the "address" bar and paste it into the RUN command area - >what happens? Music', it obviously wouldn't! Interestingly, if I use the localised '8.3' version of the path file://C:/Docs/MYMUSI~1 that opens OK from Run. But 'C:/Docs/MYMUSI~1' gives the same nil result as 'C:\Docs\My Music'. Very strange... -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK  
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