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SharePoint: Microsoft Office Excel 2010 cannot create a new document with a long DBCS path


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Symptoms

When trying to create a new Excel document from a document library using a Excel as the Default file type we receive an error instead.

Failed to access file. Please try:
- Check the folder specified does exist or not.
- Make sure target file or folder is not read only.
- File name or path cannot contain following letters: <>?[]:|*
- File name or path must be 218 letters or smaller.

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Cause

This is related to URL length which can be exceeded by nesting the document within subsites, document library subfolders, etc.

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Resolution

You can work around this issue by starting Excel on the client machine before using the Create Excel document in SharePoint.

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More information

Note that with Excel the length limit is shorter than documented in the following article.

You receive a "The specified file or folder name is too long" error message when you create a new folder or a new document in a document library in SharePoint Portal Server or in Windows SharePoint Services
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894630

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Article Info
Article ID : 2476455
Revision : 2
Created on : 12/13/2010
Published on : 12/13/2010
Exists online : False
Views : 372