Windows 10 limits the file names
Windows 10 is killing me. I want to write some file names with more than 80 characters. I have a folder path like that: C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\Formations\Maitriser les outils vectoriels d Illustrator et de Photoshop\Illustrator CC - L art des courbes vectorielles\02 - Demarrer cette formation sur Illustrator CC
. When I create a file into that folder and start typing the file name Windows only let me type only 50 characters. For example: Nouveau document texte jhkds fjkdshfkj sfhjsdh.txt
. When I get into C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\Formations\Maitriser les outils vectoriels d Illustrator et de Photoshop\Illustrator CC - L art des courbes vectorielles
it let me write at maximum 99 characters like Nouveau document texte khfjddjg djfhjdshf jdshf sdfsjdfjsd fds fsd fjsdfjdsjfhsdjfh djsfhjsdhfj.txt
. When I get into C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\Formations\Maitriser les outils vectoriels d Illustrator et de Photoshop
it allows me to write a file name with maximum 147 characters like Nouveau document texte djkshfkjs djfk hfjdshjf jshfjhsd fjshfjs dhfjhs djfhsjdhf jsdhfjhsdj fhds fhsdj fjdshfj hsdjhf sdhfjh sdjhf shdjf sjdhf .txt
. each time I get closer to c:\
it increases the filename maximum length.
I even create a Python script to try to create a filename longer than the maximum allowed by Windows, Python throws an exception like File or directory not found
(something like that).
I have LongPathsEnabled
set to 1
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
.
My Hard drive is GPT
and NTFS
, it has 2 NTFS
partitions.
What is wrong with Windows? How to fix it?
Windows Explorer does not support long paths and does not correctly handle the
LongPathsEnabled
registry entry.
You may file a bug report with Microsoft using the Feedback Hub, but I assume that many others have already done that before you, but with no effect.
Your only options as I see them are:
-
Shorten the folder name using the subst command to give a phony drive-letter to part of the path. For example:
subst z: "C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\Formations\Maitriser les outils vectoriels d Illustrator et de Photoshop\Illustrator CC - L art des courbes vectorielles"
Use a third-party file-manager, other than Explorer. For a large choice, see the article:
Best Free File Manager.
I also add here Altap Salamander 4.0 Freeware.