Windows 10 "Enable Ntfs Long Paths Policy" Option Missing
For Some Time, Microsoft Has Supported an Option to Remove the Limit of 260 Symbols for Ntfs File Name Length. the Web Is Full of Articles, Describing What...
For some time, Microsoft has supported an option to remove the limit of 260 symbols for NTFS file name length.
The web is full of articles, describing what should be done.
- Hit the Windows key, type
gpedit.mscand press Enter. - Navigate to
Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>Filesystem>NTFS. - Double click the
Enable NTFS long pathsoption and enable it.
However, I don't have such option. Please see the screenshot below:
Am I missing some Windows update, or is it something else?
2 Answers
The value has moved from NTFS directly into Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem in the RTM version of the Version 1607.
Modify applicable registry settings as listed in the below answers to potentially help resolve.
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Know your Build Version
You can run WINVER to see what build your Windows 10 is but from what I gather with a little reading, the enabling of NTFS long paths is available as of Build 14352 and later, so check to see if your build release is older than that for an explanation why it's not an option from Group Policy otherwise.
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