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Enable Long Paths not working on network drives

Timothy Gusewelle 0 Reputation points
2023-03-21T18:37:26.3233333+00:00

I am trying to allow my network drives to have file paths longer than 260 characters, I have enabled long paths through regedit but only my C: drive is allowing access to file paths greater than 260.

Is there any way to allow long paths on external drives for windows, I have tried this on multiple machines but it won't work.

Any help is appreciated!

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  1. Limitless Technology 44,206 Reputation points
    2023-03-22T16:31:25.4966667+00:00

    Hello there,

    There are some limitations to this registry and one such thing is with network drivers.

    The only 100% working suggestion is to reorganize and rename the files and folders to avoid having the long path issue at all. Everything else is rather workarounds that may or may not work depending on the use case.

    Windows file system handles long paths and various other parts of the Windows operating system too. But some Windows tools from Microsoft coming with the operating system still have issues with long file names / file paths.

    Hope this resolves your Query !!

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