path of the added item is too long

[kolasing]

Did anyone else have issues with creating an AutoCAD deployment and "The path of the added item is too long" error message?

I understand that the paths are limited to 255 characters but I tried just a local path and I get the same error.

Under Additional Files in deployment options, I want to add 2 folders under <Installation Directory> and add 2 files under Support folder.

1st folder would be ARG folder for a custom profile xxx.arg file

2nd folder would be Template with a custom template xxx.dwt file

Under Support, I want to browse and add two files: custom accaddoc.lsp and enterprise acad.cuix file.

All of those files reside on a share drive but the paths are about 40 char so I'm way below the limit.

Every time I want to add a folder under <Installation Directory> I receive the error message: 

The path of the added item is too long: "Create New Folder" Please limit this path to -28 characters (currently 17).

So I copied all thos files locally but the same error show up.  Is this a bug?  I can't customize my deplyoment if those files are not available. Thanks.

[rkmcswain]

This is not an answer to your issue, but a comment if you're interested.

I create all my deployments straight OOTB, without any customization, to avoid issues like this. Then I post process the install at launch time to handle things like support paths, etc. using a local "one-time" acad.lsp, which in turn loads the network "acad.lsp" and everything else.

[johnres]

You can use Long Path Tool as well, it works good for such problems.

[kc]

Did you get an answer to this? As I have struck the same problem 2 years running now on version 2014 and 2015 for Autodesk Inventor. Link to my recent  Post

Regards

Kent

[kolasing]

I haven't experienced this error in Inventor.  However, I do use some custom templates that I place in the directory after the deployment.  This is the template directory: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2013\Templates. 

[kc]

Thanks Kolasing for your reply.

What you discribed you do after installation is exactly what I had to do last year with Design Academy 2014 (Inventor). Putting the files manually into 100 machines is not much fun, I would have thought this bug would have been picked up by now with the release of 2015 as it wasn't present in Design Academy 2013. I have posted a support case so hopefully they sit up and take notice now. 🙂

Regards

Kent

[dgorsman]

Old school is still the best school for simple file management tasks: BAT file.  Can even be run through more modern tools like SCCM so you don't even have to leave your chair.

[kc]

Hi Kolasing,

I ended up logging a support case and finally got an answer back, see below.

This is actually a defect on the coding of the setup file. For the workaround, please perform below suggestion, you may have copy the content of your media onto a HDD as you'll find the setup.ini is write protected :

1. Create a backup for the setup.ini file.

( How ? You may copy the original setup.ini file and paste it to the same location and name it setupbackup.ini )

2. Once the Setupbackup.ini is created, open the setup.ini and look for :

#================Global MSI Properties=================#

[GLOBAL_MSI_PROPERTIES]

3. Modify this value to look as below :  

#================Global MSI Properties=================#

PATH_LENGTH=182

[GLOBAL_MSI_PROPERTIES]

4. Save the setup.ini file and created the deployment again and it should allow you to choose a path in inventor setup.

I hope this solves your problem.

Regards

Kent