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Linked – How to Make Windows 10 Accept File Paths Over 260 Characters

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

“With the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260 character maximum path limit in Windows. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. Here’s how to make it happen.”

And long time Litigation Support folks who’ve had to deal with client data structured in folders that needed to be copied to a network location rejoiced!

Like you’ve never run into that error… lol

http://www.howtogeek.com/266621/how-to-make-windows-10-accept-file-paths-over-260-characters/

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3 Comments

  2. Long Path Tool is the perfect utility that can solve all the long path issues. Download this software online.

    Reply

  3. File name too long is a common issue, and I also had it before, but I figured out under the help of long path tool.

    Reply

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