Long Path Setting not working

Question

_{Monday, March 20, 2017 3:06 PM}

 I have enable Win32 long path setting  to overcome the 260 character restriction in Win 10 but it doesn't seem to work. I have enabled Win32 long path under group policy editor--> Filesystem  and also the reg key D word setting but continue to receive error " The file name would be too ling for the destination folder....." Does anyone have a work around for this?                

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_{Monday, March 20, 2017 8:25 PM}

Yes, seems this does only work partially, someone made tests on its current limitations:
Windows Max Path Is Now A Lot Bigger
So seems this only works in Powershell, or with special tools, but still not in explorer.

_{Tuesday, March 21, 2017 7:35 AM}

Yes, it will allow manifested win32 applications and Windows Store applications to access paths beyond the normal 260 character limit, but it doesn’t support Windows Explorer.

There is a case talking about this istuation.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/0e8dbb98-7bbf-4a21-bd82-7f172b867f34/path-length-still-limited-in-windows-explorer-and-other-apps?forum=WinPreview2014General

Regards

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