diff --git a/vinca/templates/bld_ament_cmake.bat.in b/vinca/templates/bld_ament_cmake.bat.in
index 182adc4..d1a8227 100644
--- a/vinca/templates/bld_ament_cmake.bat.in
+++ b/vinca/templates/bld_ament_cmake.bat.in
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ set "CMAKE_GENERATOR=Visual Studio %VS_MAJOR% %VS_YEAR%"
 :: The equivalent in bash is PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=`python -c ...`
 FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%i IN (`python -c "import os;print(os.path.relpath(os.environ['SP_DIR'],os.environ['LIBRARY_PREFIX']).replace('\\','/'))"`) DO SET PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=%%i
 
+:: Name intermediate directories and object files by short hashes (CMake >= 4.2): long
+:: package names otherwise push object paths past MSVC's 260 characters (error C1083).
 cmake ^
     -G "%CMAKE_GENERATOR%" ^
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%LIBRARY_PREFIX% ^
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ cmake ^
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ^
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF ^
     -DCMAKE_OBJECT_PATH_MAX=255 ^
+    -DCMAKE_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY=SHORT ^
     --compile-no-warning-as-error ^
     -DPYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=%PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR% ^
     @(additional_cmake_args) ^
diff --git a/vinca/templates/bld_catkin.bat.in b/vinca/templates/bld_catkin.bat.in
index 20b865c..1f8c341 100644
--- a/vinca/templates/bld_catkin.bat.in
+++ b/vinca/templates/bld_catkin.bat.in
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ pushd build
 
 set SKIP_TESTING=@(skip_testing)
 
+:: Name intermediate directories and object files by short hashes (CMake >= 4.2): long
+:: package names otherwise push object paths past MSVC's 260 characters (error C1083).
 cmake ^
     -G "Ninja" ^
+    -DCMAKE_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY=SHORT ^
     --compile-no-warning-as-error ^
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%LIBRARY_PREFIX% ^
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
diff --git a/vinca/templates/bld_colcon_merge.bat.in b/vinca/templates/bld_colcon_merge.bat.in
index d62f4c4..54883e2 100644
--- a/vinca/templates/bld_colcon_merge.bat.in
+++ b/vinca/templates/bld_colcon_merge.bat.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ colcon build ^
     --cmake-args ^
     --compile-no-warning-as-error ^
      -G Ninja ^
+     -DCMAKE_INTERMEDIATE_DIR_STRATEGY=SHORT ^
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF ^
      -DPYTHON_INSTALL_DIR=%PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR% ^