https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521512

--- Comment #3 from Roland <[email protected]> ---
Turns out its a problem with length of path + filename. Apparently 260
characters is the link for the standard file system API (Win32 MAX_PATH). In my
case, I have some nested folders. and some file names that were imported that
are more descriptive of event/date etc. This showed up because I moved those
files to a subdirectory for later eval/rename.

I dont know if it is already possible, or if it would be plausible to perhaps
highlight paths + names that bust that limit. Its sort of a hard limit in Win
10/11, and most people dont realize it since file names can simply terminate in
Digikam as ... in the preview. I dont know the best solve, but I do know RTFM
is a bad solve- people simply cannot know every limit that exists with files-
character support etc, but normally you get some type of dynamic prompt
preventing this. Windows doesnt prevent this 260 char limit since it isnt a
native problem, it is more a problem with Explore and with a couple of
processes like drag. So I can drag an offending file from within an album to
the desktop, but if I right click the file and select Open in File manager, it
doesnt crash or generate an alert- it simply opens Explore as it would
generically- Root selected as 'This PC', no drive/directory/file hints at
all...

Roland

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