filenames that are longer than allowed by windows

[ableach33]

I had someone bring to me a bunch of files that were had links to them in word. When I tried to burn a cd, it said that the filenames were longer than windows allows. I had the same problem when trying to create a self extracting zip file (compressing regular file worked fine). Does anyone know why windows allows you to create long named files but then when you try to burn them to a CD or create a self extracting zip file, it either tells you it can't or automatically cuts off any letters that exceed the limit?
tia.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

your using the wrong file system to burn the cd. try using another one.

JB

 

[ableach33]

thanks, I'll read up on the different formats