Problem- Maximum Number of Files Mastercam 9.1 & XP

[koenigp]

I am migrating our machinist's Windows 2000 system with Mastercam 9.1 to a new XP box and when I try to save a MC9 file to his directory on the C drive it locks up. The directory has over a 1000 files in it. When I put the files into smaller subdirectories it does not lock up when saving. Is there a maximum number of files allowed in a directory that would crash Mastercam when saving on a xp system? Is there a setting in the config.sys I need to do? Seems like a really old DOS style problem to have to fix.

Thanks in advance for any help-

Paul Koenig
University of Colorado Boulder

[apache405]

I have never used Mastercam, but I have had problems like this with other programs.

Is the drive NTFS or FAT32?

XP Home or Pro?

XP is built on the 2000 core, so its should behave much the same way 2000 did. you might want to try disabling simple file sharing in XP, as that tend to mess things up pretty badly.

Is it connected to the university's network and if it is, does the machine have up to date anti-virus and firewall running?

[koenigp]

It is an XP Pro system.
There are 1223 MC9 files in the original large folder.
Not using simple file sharing that I can tell.
The filesystem is NTFS.

[xclimberx]

You may be running into a file name length issue. I ran in to this once. Not in your situation but in a similar transfer of files.

If the file Path Name is over 256 characters long you will not be able to save or store it. so, if you file name is C:xxxxx\xxxxx\xxxx\xxxxx and all the x's are more than 256 characters longe you cannot use that file name. You will have to create another directory with less levels or shorter name length.

As well, some applications have limits to the size of data stored in the folders. Microsoft Outlook for example will only let you have 2 Gig of data in a data file. Then it stops saving to that file. Your Cad program may have similar type limitations, your should check with the company that makes it. You may just have to make more folders for your files.

[Mike Mattera]

How can he find anything with 1000 file in a single folder anyways. Sounds like bad house keeping to me. If putting them into sub folders works, I would move them. I would sort by date anything older than 1 year goes into an OLD_V9 folder. The rest go into a V9_Folder.

Mike Mattera

[sanjeevlj]

you even can make a macro in mastercam for saving a file
according to date it will save to the folder you want

[sanjeevlj]

in 1 folders i have 2500 plus files

[Mike Mattera]

Originally Posted by sanjeevlj in 1 folders i have 2500 plus files

In Mastercam V9?

Mike Mattera

[koenigp]

yes in version 9.1.