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Getting around the 255 character file path limit in Windows 10


You can get around the 255 character limit on file paths in Windows 10 by making a change in Registry Editor.

Go to this location:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

. . . and right click on LongPathsEnabled, select modify, and set the Value data to 1.


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