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Windows shell wrapper rejects overlong paths

Windows shell launches now reject paths that are too long

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Windows shell launches now reject paths that are too long

What

On Windows, the code that validates and builds the cmd.exe invocation for launching a shell now checks the length of the shell path, output path, system root, and command against a length limit. If any of them exceed it, it returns a path_too_long error instead of attempting to build the invocation.

Why

This catches an overlong path early with a clear error, rather than letting the shell launch fail in a less predictable way.

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