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seeing path too long error while extracting; i tried to shorten the zip file and copied to C drive and extract; still issue persists; please help ASAP
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Hi Sharanya, This is Ramesh.
This happens if the file path exceeds the MAX_PATH limit of 260 characters.
Maximum Path Length Limitation - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32...
The archive might include items with long file names or contain nested directories.
As a workaround, please use a third-party tool like 7-Zip to extract the zip file.
