The Definitive Guide to WBPP: Long File/Path Names

[@pierpaolodamico8976]

Grazie mille

[@AnomalousAstro]

Thank you Adam for taking the time to describe the problem and fix 👌

[@AdamBlock]

thanks

[@gianmariaraboini7952]

Thank you Adam for sharing the solution of the problem

[@AdamBlock]

Thanks for watching!

[@mangoldm]

According to ChatGPT the maximum path/filename length in macOS is 1024 bytes.

[@thedonahoes]

Amazing timing! I literally ran into this last night. Thank you

[@AdamBlock]

LOL... well, not so amazing. It is a new bit of communication with the latest version of WBPP.

[@janettebritton5800]

Thank you I have been having trouble with this issue.

[@phildenoves]

Thank you very much Adam I enjoy your work 👌

[@berndblt8597]

Hello Adam, Thank you for the explanation. It all worked very well! Best regards Bernd

[@AdamBlock]

Excellent!

[@astroworldcreations2047]

Never seen this error message on MacOS. So the video made me curious what the limits were on the Mac. For Mac users: there is a 255 character limit on file name and 1024 character limit on path length.

[@alexanderreinders4009]

thanks Adam! There are lots of useless settings in Pixinsight that should be set to default general standards!

[@Tomhall-zd9ht]

If it's is going to rain on any bodies it's always going to be mine. The longpathenabled file is not in the filesystem folder. However there is a folder "Longpathenabled" under "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\ADMX_FileSys\LongPathsEnabled" with files in it but none have a 0 as a starting number. I'm using window 10 home. Must be an older version because my laptop, window 10 home, does have the longpathenabled file. I was wrong, the laptop in Pro

[@FAstroHD]

Awesome, thanks Adam.

[@AdamBlock]

sure thing

[@heroildo1]

Right on the money thanks.

[@MrGeert1972]

I love PixInsight but not the WBPP it takes to much space on your pc I’ve tried it 3 times and my internal storage dropped by 300GB 🙄 I don’t want to have to remove all the files it created I don’t need for 1 stacked image I need to process. I will stick with DSS

[@abmscopes]

Yeah I struggle to see how Pixinsight makes such a meal out of stacking. A job that DSS does just as well in less than 2 minutes, takes PIX half an hour and it generated dozens of files. Even APP is faster and produces just 3 or 4 file outputs. Really not sure what the point of this script is.

[@old_photons]

I worked my way through this issue yesterday. I happen to have Win 11 Pro (to capitalize on Remote Desktop capabilities with my scope PC). The fix in Pro can be done by running gpedit Selecting Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem. On the right, find the “Enable win32 long paths” item and double-click it. Change to Enable and Restart or Log Out and Log In. Clear skies

[@pamelawhitfield4570]

I made the change under ‘group policies’ instead of directly in the registry - some people might prefer going that route as potentially less prone to mistakes

[@AdamBlock]

I remember in the "old" days when it was necessary (ahem) to "adjust" the registry and maybe some hexadecimal stuff to get some games to play. lol So changing a flag isn't too bad.

[@pamelawhitfield4570]

@@AdamBlock me too! I still do quite a bit of registry ‘hacking’ to make Windows bend to my will (at least that’s what I tell myself 😂) Some folk find it a bit scary though… Resurrecting Windows Photo Viewer in Windows10 was particularly useful as it handles colour profiles properly

[@jordisoriano9021]

Subtitles please

[@AdamBlock]

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