Article ID: 255535
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
This article was previously published under Q255535
SYMPTOMS
If you are programatically creating a shortcut with a long file name (such as Z:\Longfilename\Mytext.txt) and drive Z is not currently mapped to a network share, the long file name is truncated. For example, the target path is set to Z:\Longfile\Mytext.txt.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
To work around this problem, map a drive to the network share and create the shortcut.
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