Apps with long command lines

All,
I have an application which has quite a few parameters. Once sequenced, the path in the shortcut is prefixed with the local storage location of the sequence, pushing the path length to 278 characters which is byond what we can use in Windows.
Can anyone advise ways around this?
Many thanks

Sure.
I'm using App-V v5.
The shortcut for the application would be:
"c:\program files\application\application.exe param1 param2 param3 param4 param5" etc etc
Translated into App-V 5 this would become:
"C:\ProgramData\App-V\9816CD98-D85C-4BB3-8597-7615201EAC6D\63EA6D79-DA43-46FD-AAE4-F2E602C0A906\Root\application.exe param1 param2 param3 param4 param5 etc etc"
So, the following causes the command line to exceed 255 chars:
"C:\ProgramData\App-V\9816CD98-D85C-4BB3-8597-7615201EAC6D\63EA6D79-DA43-46FD-AAE4-F2E602C0A906"
Instead of:
"c:\program files\application"
In my particular case 2 of the parameters are UNC paths and without App-V v5 the path is shorter than 255 chars. but with App-V v5 its over 270.
Many thanks

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