How can I solve the problem with long paths under .Net 4.8?

Question

It didn't work, as I wanted to load a xml document from the local hard disk with a long path? Any Idee?

Answer 1

That's a really annoying problem. What I usually do is assign a new drive letter to that directory. You can do it in the command prompt:

SUBST X: "C:\some\deep\folder\structure"

And then You can use `X:` like you would use `C:`.

Of course, if your path is 600+ characters long, you have to `SUBST` twice. If your filenames are 250+ characters long then this doesn't work at all and you are screwed because windows explorer can't handle it either.

Answer 2

You may find it helpful:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5188527/how-to-deal-with-files-with-a-name-longer-than-259-characters

For tests you can put xml file in project directory, and then worry about long path handling when you're sure, your program works well ^^