![]() ![]() (If you have Pro or Enterprise, though, we recommend using the easier Group Policy Editor, as described in the next section.) You can also do it this way if you have Windows Pro or Enterprise, but feel more comfortable working in the Registry than Group Policy Editor. If you have a Windows Home edition, you will have to edit the Windows Registry to make these changes. Home Users: Remove the 260 Character Path Limit by Editing the Registry The Windows 10 Anniversary Update finally adds the option to abandon that maximum path length. If you’ve ever run into this limit, it was probably when you were trying to copy deep folder structures into other folders, such as when copying the contents of a hard drive to a folder on another drive. Windows 95 abandoned that to allow long file names, but still limited the maximum path length (which includes the full folder path and the file name) to 260 characters. RELATED: Why Is Windows Reporting This Folder Is Too Long to Copy? Windows Doesn’t Accept Long Paths by Defaultīefore Windows 95, Windows only allowed file names that were eight characters long, with a three-character file extension - commonly known as an 8.3 filename. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. With the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260-character maximum path limit in Windows. ![]() Pro and Enterprise users can enable "Enable Win32 Long Paths" in the Local Group Policy Editor. To enable long file paths in Windows, open Registry Editor, create a new DWORD named "LongPathsEnabled" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" and set the value to 1. ![]()
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