I am dealing with sub-folder with sub-folder on down. The folders i want to
use can be 10 or eleven levels down. nd many have long names.

Can this cause any problems? I have had issues with excel and deep-down
sub-folders.

thank you.

 

patti wrote:
> I am dealing with sub-folder with sub-folder on down. The folders i
> want to use can be 10 or eleven levels down. nd many have long
> names.
>
> Can this cause any problems? I have had issues with excel and
> deep-down sub-folders.

After a given path/filename length - it can cause issues.

Whty do you want to do something 10 or 11 folders deep?

Do you put a folder inside a folder that is inside a folder that is inside
another folder that is also inside another folder that happens to already be
inside yet another folder that is, yet again, inside a folder that happens
to also be inside a folder that is also inside a folder that is already
inside a folder which is also inside a folder that is inside a folder that
is inside a filing cabinet drawer when putting up your printed physcal
files?

Or do you usually have a section of the filing cabinet set aside for certain
folders, another for nother type, etc?

I would suspect that in a physical filing cabinet, things rarely go beyond:

Filing Cabinet --> Filing Cabinet Drawer --> Section of Cabinet Drawer -->
Folder


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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> patti wrote:
>> I am dealing with sub-folder with sub-folder on down. The folders i
>> want to use can be 10 or eleven levels down. nd many have long
>> names.
>>
>> Can this cause any problems? I have had issues with excel and
>> deep-down sub-folders.
>
> After a given path/filename length - it can cause issues.
>
> Whty do you want to do something 10 or 11 folders deep?
>
> Do you put a folder inside a folder that is inside a folder that is
> inside another folder that is also inside another folder that happens to
> already be inside yet another folder that is, yet again, inside a folder
> that happens to also be inside a folder that is also inside a folder that
> is already inside a folder which is also inside a folder that is inside a
> folder that is inside a filing cabinet drawer when putting up your printed
> physcal files?
>
> Or do you usually have a section of the filing cabinet set aside for
> certain folders, another for nother type, etc?
>
> I would suspect that in a physical filing cabinet, things rarely go
> beyond:
>
> Filing Cabinet --> Filing Cabinet Drawer --> Section of Cabinet
> Drawer --> Folder
>
>

Isn't there a 256 character limit on file names including the path anyway?

 

Gordon wrote:
> Isn't there a 256 character limit on file names including the path
> anyway?

That's an oversimplification in an individual computer basis...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems
(maximum filename length and maximum pathname length columns)

One Microsoft location for this type of information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx

Read closely the section labeled "Maximum Path Length Limitation"...

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I wouldn't risk it.

there is nothing worst than
waking up one day to find
a pop citing "folder not found"

therefore, I would use
abbreviated names for the
folders and files

then build an index either
in word or excel with their
lengthy descriptions

then assign hyperlinks to
each entry in your index
that will open up the files.

for example:

on the disk create a
folder called something like
A1

then your subfolders under
A1 should be called like
A1a, A1b, etc..

then for the index in word
or excel create a multi level
or bulleted list like the index
below. :

A1 - The Beginning of Time
* A1a - The beginnings of Apes
** A1b - The age of Ape-men
*** A1c - the age of Ape-geeks

then make each line above
into hyperlinks that targets
the abbreviated files on the
disk.

the hyperlinks when clicked
will then open those files.

also the index you create in
word or excel can be as
descriptive or scholarly
as you need it to be.

lastly be sure to make copies
of the folder and files onto
a rewritable cd or dvd.

then you can use the microsoft
sync toy to sync the folders
between the disk and media.

again, nothing is fool proof
and nothing worst than seeing
a pop up citing
"files are not found"



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"patti" <patti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B77E389B-D16F-4F15-A408-01CF55CD7AC4@microsoft.com...
> I am dealing with sub-folder with sub-folder on down. The folders i want to
> use can be 10 or eleven levels down. nd many have long names.
>
> Can this cause any problems? I have had issues with excel and deep-down
> sub-folders.
>
> thank you.

 

Thanks to all.
I myself rarely go 3 or 4 folders deep. This is how a client's system is
set-up. Thought it was bad practice to be using and can show him these
answers.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> patti wrote:
> > I am dealing with sub-folder with sub-folder on down. The folders i
> > want to use can be 10 or eleven levels down. nd many have long
> > names.
> >
> > Can this cause any problems? I have had issues with excel and
> > deep-down sub-folders.
>
> After a given path/filename length - it can cause issues.
>
> Whty do you want to do something 10 or 11 folders deep?
>
> Do you put a folder inside a folder that is inside a folder that is inside
> another folder that is also inside another folder that happens to already be
> inside yet another folder that is, yet again, inside a folder that happens
> to also be inside a folder that is also inside a folder that is already
> inside a folder which is also inside a folder that is inside a folder that
> is inside a filing cabinet drawer when putting up your printed physcal
> files?
>
> Or do you usually have a section of the filing cabinet set aside for certain
> folders, another for nother type, etc?
>
> I would suspect that in a physical filing cabinet, things rarely go beyond:
>
> Filing Cabinet --> Filing Cabinet Drawer --> Section of Cabinet Drawer -->
> Folder
>
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
> .
>