This article discusses the maximum character path length supported by Feko for Microsoft Windows and the conditions that must be met.
Feko supports a maximum path length of 512 characters when the registry key Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled (Type: REG_DWORD)exists and is set to 1.
The maximum path consists of a drive letter, colon, backslash, subfolders (separated by backslashes), name and a terminating null character.
For example:
C:\some_folder\name_of_fileNULL
where "NULL" is the invisible terminating null character for the current system codepage. For the above example, the path is 28 characters long.
If a path length exceeds the maximum path length of 512 characters, the too-long path can be reduced in the following ways:
- Rename a long file name.
- Reduce the folder depth by moving the folder.
- Use UNC pathing in Microsoft Windows.
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