cm_ExecuteDOS can't handle long pathname.

[cpp64]

# Win11-24H2
# TC11.50b2

// long pathname
"C:\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\1"

cm_ExecuteDOS can't handle the long pathname.
cm_ExecuteDOS shows root of "C:\" instead of the long pathname "C:\123456789_\...".

In cmd.exe,

start cmd.exe /k cd /d "C:\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\1"

works well.

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Double Commander also can't handle the long pathname with cm_RunTerm.

Is this a restriction of Windows?

[white]

Is this a restriction of Windows?

Well, the same thing happens when you do it in Explorer. Open Explorer, go to the folder, press Ctrl+L (focus address field) and enter "cmd" and press Enter.

[petermad]

It is exactly the same DOS console I see whether I use cmd.exe or cm_ExecuteDOS - and they both show "The filename or extension too long" if I execute cd /d "C:\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_123456789_\1" from the prompt.

If you are talking about being in folder 1\ in TC when executing cm_ExecuteDOS - you are right the console opens in C:\

cmd.exe /k cd /d "C:\12345..._\1" opens the console in the parent dir to 1\ and gives me the error message "The filename or extension too long" - both when run from TC's command line or in the DOS console.

Under Windows 7, if I am in "C:\12345..._\1" when I execute cm_ExecuteDOS nothing happens - In Windows 10 the console opens in the parent dir to "C:\12345..._\1"

[cpp64]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"LongPathsEnabled"=dword:00000001

I enabled the long pathname before.

But the MAX_PATH restriction is still powerful.

[ghisler(Author)]

Not a Total Commander bug - here cmd.exe just opens in c:\

Moderator message

Moved to English forum

[petermad]

2ghisler(Author)

Maybe there is a little bug - in Windows 7 nothing happens when you are in "C:\12345..._\1"

[ghisler(Author)]

Maybe cmd.exe terminates on Windows 7 when it can't set a valid path.

[petermad]

I just thought whether it was worth letting TC do a test of the length of the current path before executing cm_ExecuteDOS under Windows 7 ? - Personally I don't care - I never use paths that long.