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Cannot Copy Mail with Long Title to Desktop

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Article ID:132662
Last Review:November 15, 2006
Revision:1.1
This article was previously published under Q132662

SYMPTOMS

If you try to copy a mail message to the desktop by dragging it to the desktop, the copy operation may not succeed. When this occurs, you do not receive any error message.

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CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the combined path and name for the message exceeds the maximum allowable length of 260 characters.

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RESOLUTION

Shorten the mail message's title, then try to copy it again.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 95

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Keywords: 
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