Do you know that you can only have 260 characters in a path on Windows 11/10? If you are having issues with this limitation and searching for a way to enable Win32 Long Paths.
How to Make Windows 10/11 Accept File Paths Over 260 Characters
Step1:Enable Win32 Long Paths Regedit
- Open Regedit go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
- Find the LongPathsEnabled DWORD file
- Change to value from 0 to 1 and click OK
Step2: Enable Win32 Long Paths Local Group Policy Editor
- Search for Edit group policy and open it.
- Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem
- Find the Enable Win32 long paths and click enable it.
Last step restart your PC.
Conclusion
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