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If your operating system is older than Windows 2000, type the first six characters from the filename (ommiting spaces) and type "~1" at the end. If you type "dir" you'll get a list of files and folders in your current folder. Type "dir/w" if all the names don't fit on the screen. The name the file is has in the list is the name you should use. If your operating system is Windows 2000 or older, you should be able to type the full name.

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when working from a command prompt and using filenames put double quotation marks around the file or directory name...."my long filename.doc"

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