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Windows 10 Disable maximum path limitation

Anonymous
2021-09-06T15:36:15+00:00

I wanted to disable the path limitation because I need it for my projects for a better organization, but it doesn't seem to work. I tried to disable it from Registry and from Group Policy by setting LongPathsEnabled to 1, and by enabling "Enable Win32 longs paths", but even after changing those and restarting my computer, I still get this error when the path is over 260.

Is there something else that I'm missing to disable the maximum path limit?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-06T17:02:32+00:00

    As I showed in my first post, the registry is already changed to 1 without any problems.

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  2. Igor Leyko 108.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-09-06T18:45:58+00:00

    Seems this is a problem in folder creation module. May be it was not modified to support very long names. I could create new PowerPoint presentation in this folder.

    You may report this problem directly to Microsoft using Feedback Hub in Start menu.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-06T19:32:51+00:00

    You can create new files, you can even copy a new file, but if you are trying to rename those files, it won't work, after you are done, it will turn back to the name it had before you tried to rename it to.

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  4. Igor Leyko 108.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-09-06T19:56:03+00:00

    I could rename created presentation.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-09-06T20:10:09+00:00

    For me it doesn't work.

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