Microsoft KB Archive/84950

= File Manager Cannot Connect to Share with Long Name =

Article ID: 84950

Article Last Modified on 10/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q84950



SUMMARY
Microsoft Windows File Manager cannot connect from a LAN Manager 2.0 or 2.1 MS-DOS workstation to a network share name that is greater than the standard MS-DOS limit of eight characters followed by a period (.) and a three letter extension. For example, you can connect to:   \\SERVER\SHARNAME.EXT You cannot connect to:   \\SERVER\SHARNAMEX.EXT Both of the above shares will be viewable through File Manager's Browse ability. When attempting to connect to a share with a long name, the following error messages are displayed:

LAN Manager 2.0:  Invalid Network Name

LAN Manager 2.1:  This Network Name Cannot be Found

The network server name does not have this limitation. For example, you can connect to:   \\SERVERNAME\SHARNAME.EXT



MORE INFORMATION
From a LAN Manager 2.0 enhanced MS-DOS workstation, if you have two shares, one named \\SERVER\SHARENAME (invalid) and the other named \\SERVER\SHARENAM (valid), and you use File Manager's Browse function and attempt to connect to \\SERVER\SHARENAME (invalid), then you will be connected to \\SERVER\SHARENAM (valid).

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 err msg

Keywords: KB84950

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