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I don't know if this is the right place to ask such a question. For me at least it is really strange that Microsoft's own windows explorer cannot delete files with long paths while 7-zip file manager can. Why can't Microsoft fix his own file browser? I have Windows 10 Home Premium.

Edit: My question is different from Windows 10 "Enable NTFS long paths policy" option missing because in my case there is no setting when I run gpedit. enter image description here

Edit2: Although this seems to answer my question or at least give an explanation why it's not working: Windows 10 ver 1607: File Explorer long paths not working?

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gyozo kudor
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Try to change windows LongPathsEnabled policy. Open registry editor(regedit) with admin privileges and navigate to following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem

and search for LongPathsEnabled key. if the key exists, right click on it and select edit. Then change its value from 0 to 1.

if the file is not exist, then create it: right click on FileSystem directory and select New > DWORD|(32 bit). Rename the key to LongPathsEnabled and change its value from 0 to 1. close the regedit and restart windows.

long path policy will deactivate and you shall not receive the long path message anymore. I've tested this on Windows 10 and worked.

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