pellelil Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Hi Pete, I just noticed that the file-tags in runways.xml begins with "\\?". I only use this tag to display where the scanned data comes from (which scenery) so its no a big deal, I just wandered where it came from? <File>\\?\G:\FS\2020Packages\Official\OneStore\fs-base\scenery\0001\APX07100.bgl</File> Pelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, pellelil said: I just noticed that the file-tags in runways.xml begins with "\\?". I only use this tag to display where the scanned data comes from (which scenery) so its no a big deal, I just wandered where it came from? I put that in for MSFS to allow/enforce Windows to accept pathnames greater than 256 (MAX_PATH), since using the default install paths, especially for the Store version of MSFS, easily generates what would otherwise be overlong paths. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=cmd "To specify an extended-length path, use the "\\?\" prefix. For example, "\\?\D:\very long path"." Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pellelil Posted August 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 Thanks for the explanation Pete, never come across these before, but now I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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