Long Filename problem on windows

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From this month i m facing this issue, Have a mac system and a windows system the issue is that when on windows i have created a folder XYZ and shared it and gave full permission to it, on mac m able to access this folder and able to create files and folder in it and there is a lot of data in it the problem is that some folder m able to browse on mac but those folder m not able to browse on windows system it says path to long or the file name is long is there any permanent solution to it :( don't want to shrink the file/folder names rather then through registry or command :no:
 
Dude, punctuation helps! I got lost after the first time you shared a folder on Windows and tried to connect to it via a Mac. What happens after that? Does the other way round not work?
 
viridian said:
Dude, punctuation helps! I got lost after the first time you shared a folder on Windows and tried to connect to it via a Mac. What happens after that? Does the other way round not work?
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i m able to connect to the folder that is shared on windows, m able to browse it, m able to create and edit the data within only through mac but when i access some folders in that shared folder through windows over same/different(windows) machine it says path to long /file name exceeds
 
got the solution it is quite rare to exceed 259 characters for a file path name

To enable this in a specific folder use the prefix "\\?\".

For example, to allow paths longer than 259 characters in c:\folder\backup\ use \\?\c:\folder\backup\

Using "\\?\" permits a maximum path length of approximately 32,000 characters composed of components up to 255 characters in length.

To specify a UNC path, use the "\\?\UNC\" prefix.

For example, "\\?\UNC\<server>\<share>".
 
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