DirectoryInfo, FileInfo and very long path

Question

I try to work with DirectoryInfo, FileInfo with very long path.

• I try use \\?\c:\long path (i got illegal caracter with fileInfo and DirectoryInfo)
• I try use file://c:/long path (i got uri not supported)

Can i use ~ in a path or something else.

I read this post but i would like to use another way that call a API. Is it any other solutions ?

There is an article from microsoft for use \\? in file path link text

The question is how can i work with very long path, and DirectoryInfo, and FileInfo for path who are more longer that 256 char

Answer 1

Looking at the Long Paths in .NET blog post series, it looks like going to the Win32 API through P/Invoke is the only solution at the moment, other than restructuring your directories so that you don't hit the limit.