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How to edit file on UNC path with vim from powershell?

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Mar 15, 20261805 views
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Problem

I got the following error trying to edit a file on a UNC path using vim. How do I resolve this?

Error Output

> new-psdrive x filesystem \\192.168.1.1\c$
> cd x:\
> vim .\test.txt
'\\192.168.1.1\c$'
CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current direc…

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Fix for: How to edit file on UNC path with vim from powershell?

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If you launch vim with vim.bat, it launches cmd.exe and runs vim.exe from there. cmd.exe doesn't like UNC paths unless you disable the check like others have suggested. Powershell doesn't require you to disable this. What you want to do is either al…

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