How do I use paths with a length greater than 260 characters?

Question

I get an error when performing operations that involve a path length greater than 260 characters. How do I resolve this?

Answer 1

From Windows 10, version 1607 and CompleteFTP 21.1.0, you can enable paths longer than 260 characters by a registry modification. You need to add the following registry key (type REG_DWORD) and set its value to 1:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled