diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index eab2900d..3f19c44b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 """Common classes and constants used by extractor modules."""
 
+import os
 import re
 import ssl
 import time
@@ -477,11 +478,16 @@ class Extractor():
 
         fname = "{:>02}_{}".format(
             Extractor._dump_index,
-            Extractor._dump_sanitize('_', response.url)
-        )[:250]
+            Extractor._dump_sanitize('_', response.url),
+        )
+
+        if util.WINDOWS:
+            path = os.path.abspath(fname)[:255]
+        else:
+            path = fname[:251]
 
         try:
-            with open(fname + ".dump", 'wb') as fp:
+            with open(path + ".txt", 'wb') as fp:
                 util.dump_response(
                     response, fp, headers=(self._write_pages == "all"))
         except Exception as e: