Trouble packing InDesign files (CS6)

Recently I've been having trouble packing my InDesign files, getting this message (translated from Swedish): "Failed to copy the necessary linked files" and the document is then not packed at all. Any suggestions what I can do about that? All links seem to be ok and the documents seem to be ok otherwise.

Check for illegal characters in file names. “/“ seems to be the biggest culprit. Very long file paths can also cause it.

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