Extended paths (\\?\ and \\?\UNC\)

[nemec]

The library currently does not support "extended path" identifiers, but it has no length requirement (other than the max length of a .Net string). If you find yourself needing this feature, make a comment here.

[nzbart]

I was hoping to be able to use this library for scanning over a file share. I noticed this comment that appears to suggest that it's possible to use \\?\UNC\ paths:

pathlib/PathLib/Windows/WindowsPath.cs

Lines 357 to 358 in 98f8b91

	// please note that the following line won't work if you try this on a network folder, like \\Machine\C$
	// simply remove the \\?\ part in this case or use \\?\UNC\ prefix

However, I'm receiving the following error: Error during directory scan: System.IO.IOException: Unable to enter directory <directory>.

Workaround
For the next user who runs into this, I was able to reverse engineer a workaround: replace \\?\UNC\ in your base path with, UNC\, since WalkDir will prepend the path you provide with \\?\.