CPU goes to 99%, alt.binz gets an exception window, won't shutdown

[kschlege]

Looks like there's a problem when filenames are too long.

[9/21/2010 9:04:38 AM] [T3] Article started 30/47 Millennium   [02/60]-''Millennium'' yEnc
[9/21/2010 9:04:38 AM] [Dec] Exception Cannot create file "". The filename or extension is too long

[davidq666]

root of that problem seems to be the windows path length limitation once again. 255 is the maximal number of caracters allowed, therefore files can not be decoded, they then overload the temp dir and bring trouble. the only way this can be prevented is by shortening the path. the question is how to handle it best: should altbinz warn the user when the desired path exceeds 255 caracters and wait for user input or autoshorten the path on it's own so no user input is neccessary?

[Hecks]

By my count this is the absolute top issue reported by users, and has been for some time.  Alt.Binz really does need to handle this situation more gracefully.   I agree with at very least a warning and/or an automatic pause of the collection until the user can intervene (as soon as Alt.Binz knows the full file path).

Here's hoping for a solution in the next version and the last of these gazillion threads.

[davidq666]

By my count this is the absolute top issue reported by users, and has been for some time.

i agree! just yesterday i came across a german user with the same root problem reporting altbinz crashes and it's definatly the first thing i suspect whenever there is no other obvious reason for a problem.