I think that was the one I was looking for! I like to keep as much as possible in My Documents just to simplify backups. John Ferrell My Competition is not my enemy! http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. McDonough" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [PIC] All PIC problems solved? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Barr" > Subject: Re: [PIC] All PIC problems solved? > > >> Since the path length limitation is a characteristic of the .COD file >> format, there's not really much that can be done other than either >> shortening the path or suppressing .COD file generation. > > Well you can cheat. > > If you share a folder closer to your source directory, then you can create > a > project on that folder, rather than the actual drive. > > For example, I have a share at C:\Documents and Settings\John J. > McDonough\My Documents\Projects > > Within that I have a PIC\Elmer folder > > I can use that share as L: and now the path to my .COD file is > L:\PIC\Elmer\ > which is a whole bunch shorter. > > --McD > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist