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Shortcut with EXE path > 64 chars


Glenn9999

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I'm running into a problem (more generic one than a 8.1 one, though, but it's happening there), that I'm not seeing a solution to - perhaps just not putting the right things into the search engine...anyhow, how do you do a successful shortcut to an EXE that's greater than 64 characters (I found this limit out through testing)?   What I get right now when the EXE path is > 64 characters is that it just does nothing...

 

Any help on what to do to solve this?

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I'm thinking that a more advanced linking/junctions would be needed. I haven't tried it but Windows already has links to objects with large paths. If your application requires a specific working directory, you may have to consider that too. Otherwise, see if you can relocate or reinstall the program in a custom location.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-symlinks-in-windows-vista/

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