When attempting to install a module on DNN v8.0.4 I get an error message with the following event log reported:
AbsoluteURL
:/Default.aspx
DefaultDataProvider:DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke
ExceptionGUID:9f2e8cd7-7c03-485e-837a-a26de2136769
AssemblyVersion:8.0.4
PortalId:0
UserId:1
TabId:36
RawUrl:/Host/Extensions/ctl/Install/rtab/36/portalid/0?popUp=true
Referrer:http://partnerportal.biozonescientific.com/Host/Extensions/ctl/Install/rtab/36/portalid/0?popUp=true
UserAgent:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/58.0.3029.110 Safari/537.36 Edge/16.16299
ExceptionHash:ExdFgANdDjRi3tNBsXdHjA==
Message:The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
StackTrace:
InnerMessage:The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
InnerStackTrace:
at System.IO.PathHelper.GetFullPathName()
at System.IO.Path.LegacyNormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
at System.IO.FileInfo.Init(String fileName, Boolean checkHost)
at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String fileName)
at DotNetNuke.Services.Installer.Util.WriteStream(Stream sourceStream, String destFileName)
at DotNetNuke.Services.Installer.InstallFile.ReadZip(ZipInputStream unzip, ZipEntry entry)
at DotNetNuke.Services.Installer.InstallerInfo.ReadZipStream(Stream inputStream, Boolean isEmbeddedZip)
at DotNetNuke.Services.Installer.InstallerInfo..ctor(Stream inputStream, String sitePath)
at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Extensions.Install.wizInstall_NextButtonClick(Object sender, WizardNavigationEventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.OnNextButtonClick(WizardNavigationEventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Wizard.WizardChildTable.OnBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args)
at System.Web.UI.Control.RaiseBubbleEvent(Object source, EventArgs args)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.OnCommand(CommandEventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton.System.Web.UI.IPostBackEventHandler.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(NameValueCollection postData)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
Obviously the path/file name contain too many characters. Any suggestions for a resolution?