Long paths and .NET

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I was helping a colleague recently on an issue to do with long file system paths and the challenges and limitations of handling them in .NET. I knew there were issues but could not recall all the details.

Anyway, I just came across a wrapper class on Codeplex to assist in handling long paths.

The landing page also has a link to an interesting blog series by Kim Hamilton on the Base Class Library (BCL) team that explains in detail about this topic:

Long Paths in .NET, Part 1 of 3
Long Paths in .NET, Part 2 of 3: Long Path Workarounds
Long Paths in .NET, Part 3 of 3 Redux

Also came across this Channel 9 video about the BCL team and also the BCL in .NET 4.

HTH

Doug