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  1. Core ReactOS
  2. CORE-18988

ReactOS 2nd stage failure when installing to a very long path name

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      When entering a very long install destination like

      C:\ReactOS123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

      Then the 2nd stage setup fails during the device installation with the following error box.
      0.4.15-dev-6083-gd3164a0_2ndStageFailure.png
      0.4.15-dev-6083-gd3164a0_2ndStageFailure.log

      For the record: I tested: all the Release-branches at least down to releases/0.4.7 are affected the very same way.

      Please get me right, I don't necessarily want us to enlargen all the buffers that might be involved everywhere, because it is very likely that 3rd party apps will have problems with a very long %Systemroot% no matter how ReactOS performs itself, but
      I would at least expect us to reject the installation at 1st stage when a path exceeding the maxlength that we can handle was entered

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. CORE-9529 Installing ReactOS into a path with semicolon breaks boot

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Resolved

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. CORE-19179 Selecting Very long path names in the installation does cause icons to be messed up

          • Trivial - Cosmetic problem like misspelt words or misaligned text.
          • Untriaged

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