Freezing your code Windows section needs a note about long pathnames
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- Documentation
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- Mostly clear
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- Stale
- Tech stack
- python
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- documentation
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Read the Windows section under “Freezing your code” and review how cx_freeze, py2exe, and pyinstaller are described. Add a note explaining that executables created by these tools cannot access Windows path names longer than the 260-character MAX_PATH limit, then verify the documentation section renders correctly.
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Description
cx_freeze, py2exe, and pyinstaller all have the same issue: That is, .exes created by these tools cannot access Windows path names longer than the 260 char MAX_PATH limit.
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