Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit In Windows 10 Redstone (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Softpedia: Windows 10 build 14352, a preview version of the upcoming Anniversary Update (also known as Redstone), comes with an eagerly awaited change that Microsoft hasn't yet announced publicly. The 260-character path length limit in Windows can be removed with the help of a new policy, thus allowing you to run operations with files regardless of their path or file name. While this new rule is not enabled by default, admins can turn it on by following these instructions. Launch the Registry Editor by clicking the Start menu and typing "regedit.exe," and then navigate to the following path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{48981759-12F2-42A6-A048-028B3973495F}Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Policies. Look for an entry called "LongPathsEnabled," and if it does not exist, simply right-click Policies, select New DWORD (32-bit), name it "LongPathsEnabled" (without the quotes), enter value 1, and you're good to go. The description of the preview reads, "Enabling NTFS long paths will allow manifested win32 applications and Windows Store applications to access paths beyond the normal 260 char limit per node. Enabling this setting will cause the long paths to be accessible within the process." While the Windows 10 preview build 1452 has been made available last week, according to Windows Central, a Microsoft team member says that the company could released Windows 10 Mobile build 14352 for Insiders on Tuesday, May 31.

Comments

"simply right click"

[Anonymous Coward]

There's nothing simple about fucking around in the registry. Why can't Microsoft just do things correctly the first time?

Finally

[fustakrakich]

I can replace my Linux machine!

Does that mean...

[__aaclcg7560]

I no longer have to maintain a relatively flat file directory structure? My directories can finally go to... plaid?!

Re: Dear Microsoft,

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Family IT guy,

Thank you for choosing Windows as your OS. While we understand your concerns, we don't give a fuck. We want your data and we're going to take it. If you were going to switch to another OS you would have done it after Windows 8, but you didn't, so bend over and take it. Take it! Squeal like a pig! Squeal you little shit!

Sincerely,
Microsoft Support

Re:Dear Microsoft,

[jones_supa]

I want to be excited about Windows 10 but I can't. Please, please, please give me an official option to turn off telemetry like the Enterprise version has.

So if you just want to disable telemetry, in registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection create a 32-bit DWORD called AllowTelemetry and set it to 0. Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

Re:Login is hard to understand

[DoofusOfDeath]

I misread that as MSJW devs, and now I'm really hoping that doesn't become a thing.

Their code would never run successfully:

- They'd consider it every program's right to call abort(); without being criticized.

- They could only use peer-to-peer architectures, as master / slave is oppressive.

- All branching logic would initially be floating-point -based, as Boolean logic is exclusionary and thus a micro-aggression against LGBTQ culture. However, it would later be decided that forcing branching logic was inherently judgmental, and thus all program instructions must have an equal chance to execute every processor clock tick.

The one upside is that their code would be meticulously designed to avoid race conditions. Sadly, it would also be subject to nearly constant deadlock.