Microsoft KB Archive/131863

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ID: Q131863

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Delta for Windows, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS
An error message is displayed in the Delta output window when you add a directory to the project. The message appears as:

Error: Too many characters in path. \NEWDIR2\MYDIR\GETLONGR\GETLONGR\GETLONGR One or more errors have occurred.

CAUSE
An MS-DOS command can contain up to 256 characters in length. Every Delta command is actually an MS-DOS command, so this limitation can restrict how long an MS-DOS directory path can be.

RESOLUTION
Use either of the following two solutions:

 Create a directory structure with shorter directory names. -or-  If the master project directory is located on a network and absolute master project directory names are being used, follow these steps: 1. Map the path to a drive letter such as S:. 2. Add a command to set LOCALDRIVES= in the Autoexec.bat file. 

MORE INFORMATION
There are a variety of other error messages that may also be displayed because of this directory path length limit. Always make sure your directory path is reasonably short.

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