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Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit in Windows 10 Redstone
Microsoft Removes 260-Character Path Length Limit in Windows 10 Redstone
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.
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"With the help of a new policy" isn't going to help much ordinary users who get burnt by Windows' increasingly-ridiculous path length limit.