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Q171857: Long File Name Lost After Using Send To Command with WordPad

Article: Q171857
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95; WINDOWS NT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool osr2 win95
Last Modified: 09-AUG-2001

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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 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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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
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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

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Keywords          : kbtool osr2 win95 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:95; WINDOWS NT:4.0

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