Cannot save the attachment because the path is too long

[kkpatel (Kamal)]

Hi All

Our Bot is trying to download attachments from the email using Save Attachments activity from Outlook. But the attachment contains a file whose name is too long.

So Bot throws the error Cannot save the attachment because the path is too long.

So how can we download that particular file ? Because of that other valid attachments are also not getting downloaded.

[kkpatel (Kamal)]

@Palaniyappan @loginerror @lakshman @supermanPunch

Kindly throw some light on this.

[AkshaySandhu (AkshaySingh Sandhu)]

You can try below

PDF name is too long

Hey @Romario_Almeida yeah, you’ll need to save your PDF in a different location or shorten the PDF name. The problem here is that your full file path (C:\Users<Name.Surname>.….…\Document1.pdf) exceeds 248 characters. So if you can remove 12 characters from your filename then that would be first prize, else, try saving it somewhere else. Hope this helps!

[kkpatel (Kamal)]

How can we change the file name ?

We are using Save Attachments activity, so that it will just download the attachment ? Where is the option to change the file name.

[postwick (Paul Ostwick)]

Put it into a local folder like Downloads, then rename it, then move it.

However, you should also take a look at your destination folder path because it sounds like it needs to be shortened. This isn’t a UiPath thing, it’s a Windows thing.