subfolders

[patti]

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.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

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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[Gordon]

"Shenan Stanley" 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?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

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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[db]

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" 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.

 

[patti]

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

>

>

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