30 Oct 2017 at 23:33 #1 PiKe PiKe Caporegime Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 25,287 Location Lake District Under Windows explorer, if I create a folder, even in the root of C, I get a path name too long error. If I use mkdir from command prompt I can create a folder no problem. Any idea what might be causing this?
Under Windows explorer, if I create a folder, even in the root of C, I get a path name too long error. If I use mkdir from command prompt I can create a folder no problem. Any idea what might be causing this?
31 Oct 2017 at 16:59 #3 PiKe PiKe Caporegime OP Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 25,287 Location Lake District If I create a new folder and don't rename it, its fine, if i try to rename it to anything, even o, I get the error.
If I create a new folder and don't rename it, its fine, if i try to rename it to anything, even o, I get the error.
2 Nov 2017 at 15:57 #5 PiKe PiKe Caporegime OP Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 25,287 Location Lake District Nope, no special characters, like I said, even naming to 'O' caused the error. Even happened when trying to create and rename folders on a USB stick. Ended up formatting and reinstalling.
Nope, no special characters, like I said, even naming to 'O' caused the error. Even happened when trying to create and rename folders on a USB stick. Ended up formatting and reinstalling.
3 Nov 2017 at 13:38 #7 PiKe PiKe Caporegime OP Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 25,287 Location Lake District Tried another profile and it was the exact same.
3 Nov 2017 at 15:53 #9 PiKe PiKe Caporegime OP Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 25,287 Location Lake District It was Windows 7. Never seen the issue before, hopefully never will again.
