Interesting File Name Problem.

[jmastic]

Hey everyone. I've got something that's got me stumped. Lately I've been using MusicBrainz Tagger to re-tag all of my music files. There weren't any problems, till I started importing my music into iTunes. It turns out that there is a song that I have that is ~120 characters long, file length that is. I had MusicBrainz rename the file into the 120 character long file accidently, and I guess MusicBrainz doesn't care about how long file names are. The problem is, however, now I can't do anything with this file. I can't play it, delete it, move it, anything. I've tried using GiPo MoveOnBoot and a file unlocker, but I've got nothing. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[djnes]

If this was a file you bought from iTunes, you could just buy it again (it won't charge you). If it's not, you can try booting into the recovery console and running chkdsk.

 

[jmastic]

djnes:

This is not a file from iTunes. It's just a regular .mp3 that was sent through MusicBrainz. I just tried booting into the Recovery Console, ran chkdsk, and while it corrected some other problems, the file is still there. It doesn't look liked it changed the file at all.

 

[pigster]

Delete or rename it using the 8.3 filename - you can discover the 8.3 filename by using dir /x

 

[jmastic]

Thank you so much. I never would have thought to do that. Worked wonderfully.