Hello Sara Ottosson ,

The issue is probably caused through the long path name.

Sara Ottosson said:

I've noticed that it happens when I open a project from my computer as well when the file path is long

Windows only allows a maximal path length of 260 characters - which can quickly be exceeded.

Therefore i would suggest first creating a new folder with a shorter path

Something along the lines-

C:\Users\yourname\documents\clientxyz.

Are you now able to open the project in Studio, (from this shortened path?

You should also check that Studio/MultiTerm has been added into your Antivirus exceptions list.

Hello Sara Ottosson ,

The issue is probably caused through the long path name.

Sara Ottosson said:

I've noticed that it happens when I open a project from my computer as well when the file path is long

Windows only allows a maximal path length of 260 characters - which can quickly be exceeded.

Therefore i would suggest first creating a new folder with a shorter path

Something along the lines-

C:\Users\yourname\documents\clientxyz.

Are you now able to open the project in Studio, (from this shortened path?

You should also check that Studio/MultiTerm has been added into your Antivirus exceptions list.

Hi Steven,

Thank you for your reply.

I think that you are right, it's due to the long file path. But it worked before the updates, and works from my other computer, so I don't know why it shouldn't work still. There must be a setting in either Studio or in Windows that can allow it, since it works on my other computer without any shorter file or folder names.

It's really strange.

I can copy the project folder to my computer and open the file, so it's definitely due to the long file name, but since it works on other computers, I should be able to get it to work on this computer as well. I haven't canged anything on the other computer to make it work.

Hello Sara Ottosson and

It's true that one PC that is ostensibly the same as another can behave quite differently.

Years ago, I was looking after IT maintenance in a small agency and we bought in two apparently identical PCs from the same source on the same day. From the outside there was no difference. They had the same specification, identical software installed and identical peripherals, connected to the same printer and server, etc.

Yet when I started maintaining them, they were very different at the lower levels... capable of different things at the level of permissions for example. When I looked into it, one was much more adaptable than the other. I don't remember the jargon, it's a long time ago but basically I could access a whole lot more settings on one than on the other.

Even if they're made in the same factory, they're not necessarily made with components of software or hardware from the same batches or even if they are, right at the end of the chain, I like to think that it's the humans involved that were different.

I found this fascinating when I understood it all but it's a long time ago, I was younger, had a good brain and memory which are now rapidly deteriorating with age and illness, and Windows is much more 'self-governing' than it used to be. That is a good thing because it offers better protection against the gung-ho attitude of people who think they know what they're doing but don't.

So, the end result is different behaviour for no apparent reason. However, if you think of a PC as being like a human brain, which is not too bad a comparison... they're all wired differently!

Variety is the spice of life, they say!

All the best,

Ali :)