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Hack attempt on Windows - long path issue? #5158
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This is not a hack, but a known issue with old npm and Windows with many nested dependencies.
This is solved by npm3, which no longer nest dependencies. See npm/npm#3697What @Florian-R said, it's a workaround for the 260 character path limit on Windows. You can still delete the directories through their long name. See also
path._makeLong(filename).Closing, not a bug.
It seems like some npm modules are attempting to hack the file system of windows - once I run
npm installI am unable to delete them again due to long-path constraints of windows.Is there any fix for this? Why is it possible for a npm module to create folders recursively and unlimited?