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I'm getting this error when trying to install browsersync. I can't get that much closer to the drive letter to make this path fit but either way it's a pretty terrible problem. This error came up in red when I ran npm install. Should I be concerned about it? Everything else seemed to have completed properly.

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(308,5): error MSB3491: Could n ot write lines to file "Release\obj\validation\validation.tlog\validation.lastbuildstate". The specified path, f ile name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the director y name must be less than 248 characters. [S:\prj\prjb\files\node_modules\browser-sync\node_mo dules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\node_modules\ws\node_modules\utf-8-v alidate\build\validation.vcxproj]

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  • possible duplicate of [Node npm windows file paths are too long to install packages](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26155135/node-npm-windows-file-paths-are-too-long-to-install-packages) – stdob-- Aug 01 '15 at 21:10

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  1. go to S:\prj\prjb\files\node_modules\browser-sync\ that folder

  2. Inside that folder, run npm install -f

    That makes the path shorter to install socket.io bundled in browser-sync.

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