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Background

I am working on analyzing a large base of source code provided to me as a 5GB .zip file. I need to maintain the exact file structure when extracting, however, when I attempt to extract I get an error message saying:

The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder.

I understand that this is due to Windows' 260 character limit on file paths, but there is a hotfix for this published by Microsoft.

I downloaded the hotfix, ran as an administrator, but then got another error:

This update is not applicable to your computer.

Well, according to the hotfix literature, it should be exactly applicable to my computer.

My System

  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • SP1
  • x64

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

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Matt Cashatt
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A couple of suggestions:

  1. Have you checked the version of wbengine.exe installed on your system? Maybe you already have a newer one, and thus the hotfix won't install.
  2. As a temporary work around, you could use Delimon Win32 Explorer, which uses a different library that gets around the 260-character issue (it supports up to 32K characters) and seems to work in Win7. Make sure you check the "Known Issues" section.

Addition: When you're using Delimon Explorer, you can assign a different program to become the default program for an extension. For this question, right click any zip file, click on Properties and next to the Opens with section, you'll see a Change... button. Click it and select the program you would like to use to open/view the file.

Hope that helps somewhat.

JSanchez
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