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KatDevsGames
KatDevsGames

Reputation: 1156

"Could not find file" where file definitively, absolutely, exists with total and complete certainty

I am creating a setup project in visual studio, I included a file into the project NuVisions.sqlite to be installed. When attempting to build I get the following error:

Error   3   Could not find file 'Z:\work\neothinktank.net\newlee\NuVisions\NuDAO\NuVisions.sqlite' 'The parameter is incorrect.'    Z:\work\neothinktank.net\newlee\NuVisions\SetupBionetics\SetupBionetics.vdproj  SetupBionetics

The only problem is that I am absolutely 1000% certain with no doubt of any kind whatsoever that the file in question does exist. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 300

Answers (2)

KatDevsGames
KatDevsGames

Reputation: 1156

Found out why this happens after so long.

Z: is a network drive and apparently VS gets a bit cranky when storing projects on network drives in certain instances.

Upvotes: 2

SpliFF
SpliFF

Reputation: 39014

There's an annoying bug in Windows that pops up occasionally when handling large projects with long paths. The issue is you can only pass 32K characters on a commandline or to exec(). Anything past that gets silently truncated causing claims of missing files and bad parameters. It can happen when compile scripts are passing lots of files to a linker.

I realise it's a long-shot but any chance that might be the case?

Upvotes: 0

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