Windows 10: Open File dialog cannot open multiple files if some but not all of them have paths that...

Discus and support Open File dialog cannot open multiple files if some but not all of them have paths that... in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; More of a bug report than a question... The native Open File dialog fails with the following error message when you try to open multiple files and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Coloneljesus, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. Open File dialog cannot open multiple files if some but not all of them have paths that...


    More of a bug report than a question...


    The native Open File dialog fails with the following error message when you try to open multiple files and some but not all of them have paths that exceed the max path length.


    "You can choose multiple items only if they are all located in the same folder."


    I assume this happens because Windows will prefix the path with \\?\ if the path of a selected file is too long seehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file#maximum-path-length-limitation. Now, if only some of the selected files have a path that is over the limit, only some of the files will have that prefix. No longer do all files have the same parent path! Windows is apparently doing a rather simplistic check like a string comparison to see whether selected files are in the same directory.

    :)
     
    Coloneljesus, Feb 25, 2020
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    since this happens in some of the computers only, suggest that you open the file on working computer and copy everything and paste to a new powerpoint file.
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