Path Too Long or Invalid ZIP File

Published 2026/08/10

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Issue #

When downloading a large number of files or files with long folder/file names, Windows may display errors such as:

• “Path too long”
• “Windows cannot open the folder”
• “The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid”

For example:

Error 0x80010135: Path too long

or

The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid.

This can occur when the complete file path—including the folder structure and file name – becomes too long for Windows File Explorer to process.

Recommended Solution #

If you encounter this issue, we recommend using 7-Zip to extract the downloaded ZIP file instead of Windows File Explorer.

Download 7-Zip

After installing 7-Zip:

1. Right-click the downloaded .zip file.
2. Select 7-Zip.
3. Select Extract Here or Extract to….
4. Choose a location with a shorter folder path if necessary.

Tip #

If the issue continues, try moving the ZIP file to a shorter location, such as:

C:\Downloads\

and then extract it using 7-Zip.

Bulk Combining PDFs #

If you need to combine multiple PDFs belonging to the same Salesforce record into a single PDF or PDF Portfolio, a tool such as Evermap AutoSplit can be used.

Evermap AutoSplit

Recommended File Naming Structure #

For easier bulk processing, we recommend placing the Salesforce Record ID at the beginning of the folder or file name.

For example:

001XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_Agreement

or

001XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_Agreement.pdf

Using the Record ID at the beginning makes it easier to identify files belonging to the same Salesforce record and apply filename-based grouping.

The Scheduled Download feature now supports including the Record ID in folder names to help with this workflow.

Bulk Renaming Files and Folders #

If you need to rename a large number of downloaded files or folders, Rename Expert can be used to perform bulk renaming.

Rename Expert

Rename Expert supports using a CSV file containing the old and new names.

For example:

Old Name	New Name
Agreement.pdf	001XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_Agreement.pdf
Contract.pdf	001XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_Contract.pdf

This can be useful when you need to:

1. Download Salesforce files.
2. Add the Salesforce Record ID to the file/folder names.
3. Group files belonging to the same Salesforce record.
4. Bulk combine the PDFs using a PDF processing tool such as Evermap AutoSplit.