From Youtube and Google.

I see that long path limit can be turn off, but not in File explorer.

Is there a way to enable long path in File Explorer or an open source software to use as a file explorer replacement that is seamless?

I don’t care about software incompatibility, I could move some file manually and open in softwares that doesn’t support long path.

  • Takahe@lemmy.nz
    1·
    4 hours ago

    Is this data ON your Windows computer, or are you mounting it from a NAS?

    If it’s on a NAS you can sometimes get around this by having more mounts further up the tree.

  • A5623OP
    2·
    9 hours ago

    Apparently, there is still nothing, except Linux.

    But I am stuck on windows, and my brain can’t handle dual boot stuff.

    I constantly reach the limit, and I have MCI (memory issues) ans I need long path.

    I wish if folders in windows could have like a metadata tags like description and search tags and I could view the description by tool tips

    And years ago.

    I found a solution BUT it wasn’t robust enough.

    • flameleaf@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      Lots of options on Linux.

      Maybe as a workaround you could add loose files with the rest of the filename and metadata into the folder, if you’re only dealing with long folder names?