If you’ve ever run into this limit, most likely it was when you were trying to copy deep folder structures into other folders, such as when copying the contents of a hard drive to a folder on another drive. Windows 95 abandoned that to allow long file names, but still limited the maximum path length (which includes the full folder path and the file name) to 260 characters. Here’s how to make it happen.īefore Windows 95, Windows only allowed file names that were eight characters long, with a three character file extension–commonly known as an 8.3 filename. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. With the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260 character maximum path limit in Windows. Would you like to answer one of these unanswered questions instead? Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged windowswindows-server-2016 or ask your own question. Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count). Thank you for your interest in this question. Ryan Ries Ryan Ries protected by Community ♦ May 8 '17 at 23:09
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