![]() Windows 95 abandoned that to allow long file names, but still limited the maximum path length (which includes the full folder path and the file name) to 260 characters. RELATED: Why Is Windows Reporting This Folder Is Too Long to Copy? Windows Doesn’t Accept Long Paths by Defaultīefore Windows 95, Windows only allowed file names that were eight characters long, with a three-character file extension - commonly known as an 8.3 filename. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. With the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260-character maximum path limit in Windows. Pro and Enterprise users can enable "Enable Win32 Long Paths" in the Local Group Policy Editor. ![]() To enable long file paths in Windows, open Registry Editor, create a new DWORD named "LongPathsEnabled" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystem" and set the value to 1.
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