Many readers replied to yesterday's item about long file names being truncated, especially with hexadecimal text substituted for the deleted portion of the name. Some of the replies overlap in the ...

What does long file names actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

What does file name actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Instead of only using alphanumeric text for file names, you can also include emoticons and other Unicode symbols.

Q: I print a lot of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and it would be great if the name of the file could be displayed at the top of the printed page. Is there a way to do that? A: Yes. With your ...

Why is Mac so fussey with file names when it comes to sharing with Windows? Some users complain of file names too short cause issues. Others say if the files names are too long there can be issues ...

When we talk about file types, we talk about files containing data in a specific format for use by a particular program or programs.

Broadly speaking, files with characters other than ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.-_~ are potentially problematic (yes, that includes files with spaces in their names).

To fix the “not a valid file name” error, remove all special characters from the file name that aren’t valid in Outlook. Also, look for any spaces before or after the file name.