256 character limit

[DanPihlaja]

Just hit the 256 character limit:

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Now, to be fair, we have a lot of work to do in cleaning up our folder systems....

[gupta9665]

It's a window limit unfortunately. And file extension is counted as well.

[SPerman]

It's a window limit unfortunately. And file extension is counted as well.

Which is really frustrating when using Microsoft Onedrive, which can add a significant number of characters of its own as a prefix.

[Frederick_Law]

I keep telling sales not to make running sentence part number.

It is a Windows limit which is resolved.
Lot's of programs just never update their library to use updated Windows function.
Or cannot because they use 3rd party libraries that are not in business anymore.

[bnemec]

I keep telling sales not to make running sentence part number.

..or running sentence directory names 10 levels deep.

In general keeping sales away from CAD and PDM helps.

[Frederick_Law]

In general keeping sales away from CAD and PDM helps.

Not when they used to own the company.
Slowly cutting them down.

[TTevolve]

I get the "File path is to long" message in pack and go when trying to make new copies of part sometimes.

[KennyG]

It's a default setting to limit the path to support older apps built in the 32-bit Windows era. The true path limit is actually closer to 32,767 characters long, but you would need to enable the longer paths and I'm guessing many apps may not like it.

Here is the MS Article on it.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... s=registry

[Frederick_Law]

It's a default setting to limit the path to support older apps built in the 32-bit Windows era. The true path limit is actually closer to 32,767 characters long, but you would need to enable the longer paths and I'm guessing many apps may not like it.

Here is the MS Article on it.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... s=registry

Yes, old program/library need to update to new Windows API to use long file path.
Some of them are still using code from 8bits DOS.

[KennyG]

Yes, old program/library need to update to new Windows API to use long file path.
Some of them are still using code from 8bits DOS.

Yes, I've seen a few that convert paths to the 8.3 format still... It is so annoying!

[KennyG]

Yes, old program/library need to update to new Windows API to use long file path.
Some of them are still using code from 8bits DOS.

Yes, I've seen a few that convert paths to the 8.3 format still... It is so annoying!