Cannot Insert and Link To File or Picture with Long Path

 Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q139774
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Windows 95 operating system
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

On Windows 95, when you link to a file or picture and the path to the file or picture is 253 or more characters long, you get the following error message: 

   This is not a valid filename.
On Windows NT, version 3.51, when you link to a file or picture and the path to the file or picture is 253 or more characters long, you get the following error message: 

   There is not enough memory.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows 95 version 7.0. Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Move the file or picture to a new location so that the path will 

          contain fewer than 253 characters.
Method 2: Embed the file or picture rather then linking to it.

KBCategory: kbusage kbole buglist7.0
KBSubcategory:
Additional reference words: 7.0 word7 word95 link linked linking links
invalid not valid wrong winword
Version : 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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