finding does not help fixing
Right, I understand that, was just pointing out an easy way to find, that's all.
When I looked earlier, Win7, it seems like things were working as wanted.
Now, on XP, I'm having a hard time dragging long folders into BRU (as I"m running into,
ESC key causes BRU to Exit) when I attempt to use:
12:Filters, & deselect Files, only enabling Folder
Anyhow, note that when attempting to truncate a directory name, it will only work if the name part that you're wanting to truncate is the last-most part of the pathname.
IOW:
E:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\Common\Update Service\v4\Data\b011941567434707ab4d1928f5e81fdd\C\C-WinPerTaxSupport\015.000.0180_msp\v1\F
E:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\Common\Update Service\v4\Data\b011941567434707ab4d1928f5e81fdd\C\C-WinPerTaxSupport\015.000.0180_msp\v1\N
Those paths are 164 characters, but the last-most part is simply an 'F' or an 'N', so an attempt to truncate anything past 140 will not do anything.
If you are expecting:
E:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\Common\Update Service\v4\Data\b011941567434707ab4d1928f5e81fdd\C\C-WinPerTaxSupp
(140 characters) you can't do that, as BRU won't be able to change the directory
structure (IOW truncate directories).
Now if you had a directory, (147 char):
C:\Local\SANDBOX\big-DefaultBox\user\current\Local Settings\Application Data\Totally_Random_Software\SiNet.exe_Url_jjndrayvqrfeo5o0ydbubd4uuqpliahh
Truncating past 140 would work, because the last-most part of the path runs from chars 102-147, so the truncate would cut the last 7 characters off, leaving you with a path length of 140 characters.
C:\Local\SANDBOX\big-DefaultBox\user\current\Local Settings\Application Data\Totally_Random_Software\SiNet.exe_Url_jjndrayvqrfeo5o0ydbubd4uu