Double click the Enable NTFS long paths option and enable it. Then I made sure nothing else had handle anywhere on the path. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem > NTFS. Maybe you need to test some more - and provide some deletion error logic?įor reference I was using Delimon to create the paths. I suspect if I do a query and FileSeek returns long path and then you try to delete somewhere I believe there is a handle open within FileSeek and it will not delete. Im talking about users that create incredibly descriptive folder names that exceed the 255char path limit within Windows. Long Path Fixer is a robust and simple to use tool that can help you in such cases, by overcoming the character limit of the API handler, thus helping you easily manage your files. If I now close and reopen FileSeek I can then delete a higher folder on the long path if I just specify that folder as a query. OK - I believe I have found what happens. This is what was happening earlier in the week when I was testing. It will not delete either via a right click > delete or highlight and press delete and then some time later it will delete. However, FileSeek is really inconsistent about deleting folders on long paths that may contain subfolders and files. It will also enumerate correctly if you use a query for a file\folder at the end of long path without the check box. The querying works fine and FileSeek will error on long paths if it finds one if the appropriate check box is selected. no registry hacking, no creating virtual drives etc.I have just spent half and hour testing the long path feature.
I have also tried selecting a group of files which includes the offending file, using shift-click, then trying to Zip the group, or copy etc. I cannot double-click (slowly) on the filename in order to edit it.Ī BUG is that, if I right-click on one of these files, File Explorer closes the window (i.e. Ironically I AM TRYING to 'move it to a location which has a shorter path name'! I can’t drag any of them to (copy to) an external drive.
Any help that will enable me to keep the file names will be much appreciated. Windows Delete Path Too Long Source Path Too Long Delete Error 1320 the specified path is too long Error cannot delete file: cannot read from source file or. After restarting again the file length remained an issue.
I can’t drag any of them to a folder higher up the hierarchy – or to DropBox, or to the desktop. Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem > NTFS > Enable Win32 long paths Enabled.
With Long Path Fixer, you can effortlessly manipulate files and folders with paths of up to 32,767 characters in length.
I have a number of files - produced in Windows 8.1 - that I cannot move, copy or rename, as follows: Simply put, Long Path Fixer is a program enables you to 'get at' files and folders that Windows Explorer refuses to reach, that is, anything with a path longer than the Windows API can handle (MAXPATH: 259 actual characters).
However, they seem to be worse in Windows 10 Pro.
MS operating systems have had problems with file path names that are 'too long' for years.