From b3a8b99f9a9280443a6b15d50ddb9b0b41e7da53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark McDowall <mark@mcdowall.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:40:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed: Improve paths longer than 256 on Windows failing to
 hardlink

(cherry picked from commit a97fbcc40a6247bf59678425cf460588fd4dbecd)
---
 src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
index 97b73c607..a7a204a5e 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Windows/Disk/DiskProvider.cs
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ public override bool TryCreateHardLink(string source, string destination)
         {
             try
             {
+                if (source.Length > 256 && !source.StartsWith(@"\\?\"))
+                {
+                    source = @"\\?\" + source;
+                }
+
                 return CreateHardLink(destination, source, IntPtr.Zero);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)