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minus-squarefakeaustinfloyd@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoCan’t you work around that with the extended length prefix of \\?\ (\\?\C:\whateverlongpathhere\)? Though admittedly, it is a pain in the ass to use. (edited for clarity and formatting)
minus-squarefakeaustinfloyd@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoYou can also enable long paths in w10/11 (30,000+ characters). Instructions are here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry
minus-squaremagic_smoke@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoThat would unfortunately require me to edit GPO I have non control over. I could temporarily knock it out with regedit but I don’t know if it’d be tossed next gpupdate, I’d have to check.
Can’t you work around that with the extended length prefix of
\\?\(\\?\C:\whateverlongpathhere\)? Though admittedly, it is a pain in the ass to use.(edited for clarity and formatting)
You can also enable long paths in w10/11 (30,000+ characters). Instructions are here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry
That would unfortunately require me to edit GPO I have non control over. I could temporarily knock it out with regedit but I don’t know if it’d be tossed next gpupdate, I’d have to check.