Microsoft KB Archive/139774

= Cannot Insert and Link To File or Picture with Long Path =

Article ID: 139774

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5

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This article was previously published under Q139774





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.



WORKAROUND
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.

Additional query words: 7.0 word7 word95 link linked linking links invalid not valid wrong winword

Keywords: KB139774

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