Can the Visual Studio IDE use long path names?
I'm using VS 2017 on Windows 10 Enterprise build 1803
I ran into trouble with a project that is deeply nested in subfolders and then I remembered reading something about Windows 10 removing the limit on MAX_PATH. I found this link Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces which suggests that a large number of Win32 API calls can optionally not be limited to MAX_PATH.
I tried both toggling the value in the policy and changing the value in the registry. After a reboot Visual Studio still refuses to make a project in a path longer than MAX_PATH. When you browse to make the new solution it brings up a dialog 
I'm looking at the list of API calls that are supposed to work with long paths and wondering just what the IDE or its tools are using that would preclude it from working? Did I not actually opt-in to long paths?
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I'm using VS 2017 on Windows 10 Enterprise build 1803
I ran into trouble with a project that is deeply nested in subfolders and then I remembered reading something about Windows 10 removing the limit on MAX_PATH. I found this link Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces which suggests that a large number of Win32 API calls can optionally not be limited to MAX_PATH.
I tried both toggling the value in the policy and changing the value in the registry. After a reboot Visual Studio still refuses to make a project in a path longer than MAX_PATH. When you browse to make the new solution it brings up a dialog
I'm looking at the list of API calls that are supposed to work with long paths and wondering just what the IDE or its tools are using that would preclude it from working? Did I not actually opt-in to long paths?
visual-studio winapi
asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
214
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Just because the API supports it doesn't mean apps that use that API do.
– Jonathan Potter
Nov 21 at 0:29
If the application doesn't implement support for long path names, you can try to create a virtual drive using the SUBST command.
– IInspectable
Nov 21 at 11:03
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I'm using VS 2017 on Windows 10 Enterprise build 1803
I ran into trouble with a project that is deeply nested in subfolders and then I remembered reading something about Windows 10 removing the limit on MAX_PATH. I found this link Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces which suggests that a large number of Win32 API calls can optionally not be limited to MAX_PATH.
I tried both toggling the value in the policy and changing the value in the registry. After a reboot Visual Studio still refuses to make a project in a path longer than MAX_PATH. When you browse to make the new solution it brings up a dialog
I'm looking at the list of API calls that are supposed to work with long paths and wondering just what the IDE or its tools are using that would preclude it from working? Did I not actually opt-in to long paths?
visual-studio winapi
asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
214
I'm using VS 2017 on Windows 10 Enterprise build 1803
I ran into trouble with a project that is deeply nested in subfolders and then I remembered reading something about Windows 10 removing the limit on MAX_PATH. I found this link Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces which suggests that a large number of Win32 API calls can optionally not be limited to MAX_PATH.
I tried both toggling the value in the policy and changing the value in the registry. After a reboot Visual Studio still refuses to make a project in a path longer than MAX_PATH. When you browse to make the new solution it brings up a dialog
I'm looking at the list of API calls that are supposed to work with long paths and wondering just what the IDE or its tools are using that would preclude it from working? Did I not actually opt-in to long paths?
visual-studio winapi
visual-studio winapi
asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
214
asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
214
asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
214
asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
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asked Nov 21 at 0:20
James
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Just because the API supports it doesn't mean apps that use that API do.
– Jonathan Potter
Nov 21 at 0:29
If the application doesn't implement support for long path names, you can try to create a virtual drive using the SUBST command.
– IInspectable
Nov 21 at 11:03
add a comment |
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Just because the API supports it doesn't mean apps that use that API do.
– Jonathan Potter
Nov 21 at 0:29
If the application doesn't implement support for long path names, you can try to create a virtual drive using the SUBST command.
– IInspectable
Nov 21 at 11:03
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Just because the API supports it doesn't mean apps that use that API do.
– Jonathan Potter
Nov 21 at 0:29
Just because the API supports it doesn't mean apps that use that API do.
– Jonathan Potter
Nov 21 at 0:29
If the application doesn't implement support for long path names, you can try to create a virtual drive using the SUBST command.
– IInspectable
Nov 21 at 11:03
If the application doesn't implement support for long path names, you can try to create a virtual drive using the SUBST command.
– IInspectable
Nov 21 at 11:03
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Just because the API supports it doesn't mean apps that use that API do.
– Jonathan Potter
Nov 21 at 0:29
If the application doesn't implement support for long path names, you can try to create a virtual drive using the SUBST command.
– IInspectable
Nov 21 at 11:03