Error message when renaming files on a network drive stored in Windows 7 favorites

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Published on 2011-05-17T14:44:34Z Indexed on 2011/06/27 8:25 UTC
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I have a network drive mapped to a share on a Window Server 2003. I have a shortcut to this drive stored in my Windows 7 favorites. When I double click the shortcut and then rename a file on the drive, if the file is longer than 8 chars or contains spaces then I get this error

The drive that this file or folder is stored on does not allow long file names, or names containing blanks or any of the following characters:...

If I get to the network drive by click on it in the tree under computer then it works fine. Is there a way to get round this?

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