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shorten a file path

Anonymous
2019-07-25T18:43:55+00:00

i'm unable to save documents from external drive to my desktop because the file name is too long. so far the instructions on line to change or shorten the file path make no sense to me. is this something a typical user is able to do?

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  1. Igor Leyko 110.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-07-25T18:55:48+00:00

    Hi Cathy,

    1. You need to rename folders to make there name shorter. And you may rename copied files to make there names shorter.
    2. Allow a system to use longer paths, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deskto...

    Change registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled to 1 and reboot PC.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-07-25T19:44:13+00:00

    i'll look at this document. thank you.

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