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Offline pwrmngr

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Hi there , after updating to the new AB I am getting the error  "Exception Cannot create file "". The filename or extension is too long".  The file name is "a long string of sausages".

Windows 7 Pro
COMODO Firewall
567GB free space on drive and tried downloading to different drive.
16GB Ram

http://members.shaw.ca/yz426f/error.png
« Last Edit: February 14, 2010, 04:29:14 am by Hecks »

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Re: Exception Cannot create file "". The filename or extension is too long
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 04:28:28 am »
This is not a bug, but a limitation with Windows.  File path must be less than 256 characters (ish).  Search the forum for many discussions of this.  Solutions: shorten NZB name, use short folder names in drive root, etc etc.

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Maximum Path Length Limitation

In the Windows API (with some exceptions discussed in the following paragraphs), the maximum length for a path is MAX_PATH, which is defined as 260 characters. A local path is structured in the following order: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components separated by backslashes, and a terminating null character. For example, the maximum path on drive D is "D:\<some 256-character path string><NUL>" where "<NUL>" represents the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. (The characters < > are used here for visual clarity and cannot be part of a valid path string.)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx
« Last Edit: February 14, 2010, 04:32:24 am by Hecks »

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Re: Exception Cannot create file "". The filename or extension is too long
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2010, 06:47:53 am »
Thanx huge :)