Windows 7 - Source path too long

I was trying to copy my user folder to a USB drive for backup but copy failed with 25 files remaining to be copied with alert "Source path too long". The problematic path was not given in the alert and there was no option to continue to copy the files that could be copied and no indication of what the remaining (as yet uncopied) files were. The only option was to cancel the copy. This is another instance of bad design in Windows7.

After a bit of searching I found FastCopy, described by Darwin Sanoy.

I downloaded this and ran it (no install necessary) and it does a much better job.

It fails to copy some files. When it fails it logs the reason for failure (e.g. cannot access file because it is being used by another process, access is denied, etc.) and the full path of the file it failed to copy, then continues copying what it can. This is excellent!! When it is done, I can review the failed files and decide what to do about them and it copies all that it can!

Not only does FastCopy fail more elegantly - it copies far more files. Windows copy function indicated that there were only 25 files remaining to be copied when it failed. FastCopy copies far more than 25 more files than Windows copy. Windows copy indicated about 17GB to copy. FastCopy copied  vastly more data than this. Windows copy function must silently exclude a lot of files.

So much better than Microsoft's copy function.

huawei Y360-U72 USB to Windows7

Connecting this phone to laptop didn't work immediately. The problem was the USB mode.

When I connected the phone, drivers were loaded and the device appeared in Windows explorer, but when I tried to open it I got:









Later I stumbled on the solution...

Open settings and select All at the top then scroll down and select Storage:



Tap on the three dots at the bottom to open an additional menu and tap on USB computer connection:







Then select Media device (MTP). The default was USB storage. Maybe that is something my service provider set - the phone came locked to the provider. Huawei default might be different.



With the USB computer connection setting changed, the phone appears in Windows Computer as Y360-U72 and I can access the contents to copy photos, videos, music etc. between the phone and computer: