Enabling Support for Long File Paths

If you are using Windows 10 Anniversary Update (build 1607) or later, or Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Power Desktop can read and write files with paths that exceed 260 characters via Windows' native long file path support.

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To enable long paths in Windows 10/11

1. Open the Start menu, type "gpedit.msc", and select Edit group policy from the search results to open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the sidebar, expand Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System, and select Filesystem.

3. In the right-hand pane under Settings, double-click Enable Win32 long paths.

4. At the top-left corner of the configuration dialog, select Enabled.

5. Click OK to save your change.

Enabling Long paths in Windows Server 2016/2019/2022

Follow the directions to enable a GPO for long file paths from this blog post:

Enable NTFS long paths GPO in Windows Server 2022, 2019 and Windows Server 2016 - Sysadmins of the North