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PeterT · 07-29-2020, 11:36 PM

I tried an experiment.

I created a fairly long directory

Code:

C:\Users\peter\Documents\12345678\23456789\34567890\4567890\567890\67890\7890\890\90\0

and tried to install calibre portable in it. As expected, the error message that the path was too long was presented.

I did a

Code:

subst y: C:\Users\peter\Documents\12345678\23456789\34567890\4567890\567890\67890\7890\890\90\0

followed by

Code:

c:\Users\peter\Downloads\calibre-portable-installer-4.21.0.exe y:.\calibre_portable

and had no issues at all installing it, or subsequently running calibre_portable from the y: drive/

07-29-2020, 11:36 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,540 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I tried an experiment. I created a fairly long directory Code: C:\Users\peter\Documents\12345678\23456789\34567890\4567890\567890\67890\7890\890\90\0 and tried to install calibre portable in it. As expected, the error message that the path was too long was presented. I did a Code: subst y: C:\Users\peter\Documents\12345678\23456789\34567890\4567890\567890\67890\7890\890\90\0 followed by Code: c:\Users\peter\Downloads\calibre-portable-installer-4.21.0.exe y:.\calibre_portable and had no issues at all installing it, or subsequently running calibre_portable from the y: drive/