>>>What if I rename the entire - long - folder name as:
>>>

>>>rename "c:\appname\appname\*.*" to "c:\appname\*.*"
>>>

>>>Will it work?
>>>Thank you.
>>
>>Well, make a small sample elsewhere and see for yourself, I'm busy upstairs at the moment. A saw and a door to be shortened are waiting for me.
>
>The saying I know well is "measure twice, cut once."
>
>Which in my case goes like: "measure twice, cut once, oh sh**!"

Same proverb here, but it's 7:1... probably a long history of bad measuring devices.