Windows 10: Can I use Azure AD to push Enable Win32 long paths?

Hi I am working with a set of long folders for a client and each new machine we setup requires long paths to be enabled or other work arounds due to the file structure on this network. As they have Azure AD are we able to use this to push out a policy to all machines to allow long paths?


Pete

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GPO: enable win32 long paths

I saw that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update was supposed to address the limitation of long file paths and names. According to what I found, the new GPO entry of "enable NTFS long paths" was supposed to be added, but I didn't see it. Upon further research,
I did find the "enable win32 long paths" option one level up in the GPO.

Question: Was this supposed to address the problem? After I enabled it, rebooted the computer and confirmed that the setting was still enabled, I tried to copy a file (via File Explorer) from a local hard drive (G:\*.*) to a server share (\\SERVER\SHARE),
but it failed for the same old reason that the pathname was too long. Does this only work locally, or does it only work with specific capabilities, like PowerShell?

 

Enable Win32 long paths GPO not working

For work I frequently receive zip archives from other companies that contain deep trees of folders and documents. If I expand them into my own folder structure I often hit the 260 character path length limit. I'm dealing with large numbers of files and folders
and it is extremely time-consuming too reorganize and shorten names.

Since the Anniversary Update there is a group policy setting "Enable Win32 long paths" and I have enabled that. But it doesn't seem to work. I still get the filename or path too long errors when copying or creating folders in Windows Explorer that cross
the 260 limit. Are there other factors that influence this? I know the OneDrive synchronization app that is part of Office 365 als has problems with long paths, but it isn't working outside OneDrive and SharePoint folders either.

My system is Windows 10 Pro 64bit.

I don't think I had this limit in Windows 7, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

Enable or Disable Win32 Long Paths in Windows 10


Hi, I have Win 10 Pro version 1607 build 14393.576 with Win32 Long Paths enable.

There is "C:\Users\.........\Downloads\music folder" with very long subfolders and files some with more then 260 characters path, but no error to read.
When I copy music folder in "Z:\music folder" on an external NTFS drive it says error path too long.

Why?