how to enable long path in w11

Question

I would like to enable the Windows 11 function to stop requiring the maximum limitation of 255 characters in a path, I have seen that Microsoft has some documentation that solves the problem, but it would be necessary to apply it to all computers registered in Intune.

Answer 1

There are many sites on the internet that document how to set the registry to allow that. Here is a PowerShell statement.

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" -Name "LongPathsEnabled" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force

Command prompt version.

reg.exe add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" /v LongPathsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Then reboot.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation

You do not need Intune for that. But you would need some tool to implement it on all of your workstations. How do you deploy software to your managed PC's? Do you have an Active Directory environment? Do you have a common admin account defined on each PC?

You should also be aware that even if Windows supports long file names, some applications do not.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/office-suite-issues/error-open-document