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• The file path limit for SharePoint is 400 characters.

• The limit for a file or folder name is 255 characters.

• Try to exclude spaces from file and folder names. A space in a file path will be replaced by %20 in SharePoint, which is now 3 characters instead of a single space as you see it. Try using the underscore _ in place of a space.

• Start with renaming the folders containing the file; this change will help every folder and file below it. Next, try to shorten the file name.

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Method 1: Shortening the file/folder names

1. I can shorten the picture’s name, since there is repeated information.
   group_photo does not duplicate any information and contains 11 characters instead of 32. The date-taken information is included within the file’s metadata; it does not need to be in the name.

2. I can remove the “camera” folder. By moving all the sub-folders of camera to Pictures. I will save 7 characters in all future sub-folders.

3. Looking at the remaining file path, the logical parent folder to edit is “Dec 2012 Vacation to Denver” I can change this to Denver2012 or Denver_Dec2012 to save 17 and 13 characters respectively.

Method 2: Moving the folder

If shortening the file/folder names is not feasible, you may move the folder to a higher location in the file path (folder hierarchy).

1. Locate the folder in your file manage.

2. Right click on the folder and click Cut.

3. Leave this folder and move up your folder chain (moving close to your drive’s root, so you are not inside many folders).

4. Paste the folder at this higher level.

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I’m receiving file path errors from SharePoint/OneDrive

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1. Navigate to s.uconn.edu/sharepoint and click on the SharePoint site in question.

2. Click on Documents in the lefthand menu.

3. Using the picture you took of the popup, navigate to the file path and begin to shorten it using the instructions on this guide.

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