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In 3.6.1, the manual, section 3.1.3, has this to say:
"Your administrator will need to activate the “Enable Win32 long paths” group policy, or set the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem@LongPathsEnabled to 1."
Separating a value name from the key path with an @-sign, which is what the above is doing, is something I have never before seen anywhere. I suggest changing it by either:
- replacing the instructions for the manual change with a link to <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#maxpath> or a more suitable reference (I could not find a KB article when I looked)
- rewording it as, e.g.,
... in the registry key HKEY_...FileSystem, set the REG_DWORD value LongPathsEnabled to 1
The value type could be left out; the value is predefined on all platforms where it will be effective. |
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2017-06-09 09:33:24 | chrullrich | set | recipients:
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2017-06-09 09:33:24 | chrullrich | set | messageid: <1497000804.0.0.079840477122.issue30612@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2017-06-09 09:33:23 | chrullrich | link | issue30612 messages |
2017-06-09 09:33:23 | chrullrich | create | |
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