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>---Description---

>Win xp default zip manager can't handle long file names properly...

>

>---Bug Demonstration---

>Create a new file with very long file name... in your c: [ say:

>1.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
111

>11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
111

>11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
111

>11111111111111111111111111111 ]

>

>[or, download] http://www.geocities.com/visitbipin/zip_long.zip

>

>Windows xp will easily allow you to create that file, now zip the file [

>above mentioned ie 1.11111111111111111111* ] using winxp default zip

>manager, [say, the new file created is 1.zip]

>But strangely, if you open the file [1.zip] with windows explorer [ie

>view it's content] You can neither see a file name nor its extension in

>the archive but simply its icon only!

>

>Moreover, windows xp doesn't allow you to delete the long file created in

>the above example, through GUI mode [...have to use command prompt] and

>end up with an error Can't delete 1 : The folder is empty. [actually its

>a file!]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/336994

before, microsoft discarded this report as a non-security issue.

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