Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Ticket #2235, comment 1


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2014-04-29T16:58:14Z (11 years ago)
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daira
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  • Ticket #2235, comment 1

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    1 This may be a result of the length of the path name; Windows APIs [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#maxpath do not normally accept paths longer than 260 Unicode characters], unless the "`\\?\`" prefix is used. The path in question has 262 characters.
     1This may be a result of the length of the path name; Windows APIs [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#maxpath do not normally accept paths longer than 259 Unicode characters], unless the "`\\?\`" prefix is used. The path in question has 262 characters.
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    33Most Windows software doesn't use that prefix and just breaks on long paths. I have never understood the motivation for the design that supports longer paths but requires you to jump through an obscure hoop to use them.