Only files tif over a certain length (60 characters): cannot open, delete, find, change of name or anything like that

Only files tif over a certain length (60 characters):
I cannot open/view the with any application, cannot be deleted and can not even the name of the file to allow me to try to shorten the name. I can't copy the files or move them from their current folder.  What is going on? These are files that I saved last year. (I don't remember if I tried to open them before.) My computer is a laptop HP DV 6000 series, Media Center Edition Windows XP with ServicePak 3.

There is a fundamental limitation in Windows that the total length of a file, including the path name cannot exceed 255 characters.  It is possible that the total path to your .tif files is something long like:
C:\Documents and utilisateur\Mes Photos\MySummerVacationLastYear\BigFileName.tif Settings\nom
and the total number of characters in all of this is greater than 255.

There are two ways you can deal with that.  Use the command "SUBST" alias drive letter to the folder that contains your files.  To do this, open a command prompt window (start-> Run-> "cmd") and enter a command such as (to borrow the above, for example):

SUBST M: "C::\Documents and Settings\nom of utilisateur\Mes Photos\MySummerVacationLastYear.

Where "M:" is a unused drive letter and the rest is the path to the folder that contains your files.  You can now access your file using:
M:\BigFileName.tif
Who have significantly fewer characters in the path of your original file and allow you to access.

A second approach is to create a folder at the root of your hard drive (for example C:\Pics) and then copy your files into this folder.  Not just any copy program can handle long copy paths (as you have discovered), but can "Robocopy" (robust copy).  You can get Robocopy without the resource Windows Server 2003 on the Microsoft Download site Kit
   <>http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&ID=17657 >
After copying the files, it will be a much shorter and more accessible way.  Robocopy is a command line program and must be run from a command prompt window.
Otherwise, you might be able to move the folder containing these images in this directory at root level.

HTH,
JW

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