My work computer has a roaming profile with a Documents library on a network location. Apparently this doesn't work well with eFax Messenger Plus (the reader app to read your incoming faxes from eFax), I get the error:
"The specified path is too long: C:\Users\Jay\My Documents\eFax Messenger 4.4" Retry/Cancel. The problem occurred on Windows 7 x64.
The solution turned out to be pretty easy. Windows 7 has a Documents library, which is a collection of folders it uses for "My Documents." You can specify a different folder - I would recommend changing it to a path that is shorter, for example create one. In my example, I create a folder under C:\Users\Jay, make it the default, then install Messenger Plus, then change the default back to resume normal Windows operation.
As you can see, I created a folder called JaysDocs and set it as the default location. The install worked fine.
Just FYI, I tried this workaround and it doesn't work for me. Win7 X64 SP1.
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Doesn't work in Windows 8, either. Off to find plan B.
ReplyDeleteOkay, so I found plan B.
ReplyDeleteI tried a variety of things, including PATH manipulation, but none of them worked. Finally, I executed a RUNAS command and logged on to a CMD shell with a different user account than my current logged on user.
Example: RUNAS /USER:mydomain\otheruser "CMD /K"
Then, in this new CMD shell, I ran the eFax Messenger v4.4 setup file and it completed normally. Now I can use it with any of my user accounts. Be sure to select custom install and "All Users" when asked.
Hope this helps
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This is a Windows* OS/file system issue.The cause is the directory paths in the system is longer than 255 characters (including spaces).There's a lot of additional softwares which can fix this problem like Long Path Tool.
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