Re: error building Fox-1.7.90 on windows

On 2026-06-17 07:19, John Selverian wrote:
> I just download v1.7.90 for windows and tried to build the 64-bit
> release of foxlib only. I get the following error:

Yes, this is a quaint error, and I have seen it, too.

The fix:

   start RegEdit.exe

   Goto sub-hive:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

   Change key LongPathsEnabled and set it to type DWORD value 1

You may have to reboot, I'm not sure.  Its probably best if you
reboot after this.

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Symptom: fire up VStudio 2019, load FOX project, and try build it.
This errors as VStudio needs paths longer than 260 characters due to
deep directory structure.

This is insane, and may be new to Windows 11.  I'm pretty sure I've 
never
seen it om Windows 10.  But we all know how royally F***ed Windows 11 
is..


Anyway, the fix is easy.


       -- JVZ