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.msc
and press Enter.- Navigate to
Local Computer Policy
>Computer Configuration
>Administrative Templates
>System
>Filesystem
>NTFS
.- Double click the
Enable NTFS long paths
option 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?
Solution:
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.