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budwilborn

September 13th, 2001 12:45 AM

Can't open downloaded video files

After successful downloading of some videos, I get an error message when I try to launch the file. It says, "Couldn't open the file ____, because the file name was bad". What's the deal??

CycloCide

September 14th, 2001 02:23 AM

Re: Can't open downloaded video files

Quote:

Originally posted by budwilborn
After successful downloading of some videos, I get an error message when I try to launch the file. It says, "Couldn't open the file ____, because the file name was bad". What's the deal??

What was the file name?

TruStarwarrior

September 17th, 2001 04:19 PM

I've seen this problem before. The file name is too long. Depending upon your OS, the name can only be so many characters long for it to be read by the OS and other programs. Try renaming the file something shorter.

:-)

The Seeker

September 17th, 2001 09:54 PM

or...

Another possability is that they have foreign/extended characters in the name that Windows doesn't recognize properly. Example: Open a DOS box and rename file.avi to file ALT-252 .avi (Should look like filen.avi with the N superscript, but in windows look like an underscore.)

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