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[Info] The Limitation to the length of the System PATH variable on Windows #45

Closed perfectcream closed 6 years ago

perfectcream commented 6 years ago

Hi, @slgobinath

I encountered some strange behaviours when I download files with uGet. After investigating, I found that, the length of PATH variable on Windows had limitation!!

Please refer the URL below for more details info.

Limitation to the length of the System PATH variable | Intel® Software https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/limitation-to-the-length-of-the-system-path-variable

slgobinath commented 6 years ago

Hi, Is that the reason for your problem mentioned in issue #43?

I had try another PATH setting, it works! I can replaces default download manager by uGet Download Manager now (by clicking download link, but It can't intercept Google Drive download).

perfectcream commented 6 years ago

Hi, @slgobinath

There are some connections, but #45 is not the best solution of the problem that I already mentioned in issue #43.

In #43, the issue is uGet should be put in root directory of disk (C:\uGet or D:\uget for example).

In #45, the issue is that, if the PATH variable over the limitation, it would be truncated by Windows.

There is an example below:

How do I add to the Windows PATH variable using setx? Having weird problems

So if users installed some software that are not well written after installing uGet, the PATH of uGet would be truncated and lead to a breakdown of uGet Integration.

I suggest this issue can put in the FAQ of setup uGet Integration.

slgobinath commented 6 years ago

Hi, Thanks for the information. I have redesigned the webpage and included this in the FAQ section.