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VB .NET IO.FileInfo Path too Long

Is there anyway I can get around a path being too long to get the fileinfo using IO.FileInfo? Im accessing files across a network with this application, and sometimes the paths get really long. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Nov 5 '10 #1
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