Doesn't appear to support "long paths" about winfile HOT 11 CLOSED

I got it

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• Did you apply the registry setting as admin?
• Did you compile winfile yourself from the most recent source on this repository?

The binaries provided here do not yet contain this functionality, but a release, see #356, is on the way.
In the meantime you can take my binaries.

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No, I didn't download the source.
#356 I'll try it now.

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Unfortunately the result was the same.

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Unfortunately the result was the same.

Have you tried my binaries ?
Added the registry key as admin?

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Are you comparing the length of the new name with MAX_PATH(260) in the rename (F2) operation?

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No.

Please provide a description what you are trying to do by following the instructions in my last comment.

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1. I'm trying to create a file with a long name with a rename to check for long path support.
   However, a file exceeding 255char cannot be created in the following format.
   Copy (F8) is similar.
   D:\X<FileName(255char)> (Total: 260char)
2. It is possible to copy(Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V) this file to a deep directory.

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I looked at #356 and looked it up.
"Visual C++ Redistributable" in my environment is
2010(2021-10), 2013(2022-1), 2015(2021-9, install).
Doesn't this matter to you?

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General

NTFS suports path + filename up to 32767 utf-16 characters, but each individual component (subfolder/final-file) has a limit of 255 utf-16 characters

Your Case

Winfile supports path + filename up to 1024 utf-16 characters. You are trying to create a single file with more than 256 characters, which violates the general NTFS limitation above. Winfile and no other tool can overcome this.

A small test to prove that Winfile works with long path up to 1024 utf-16 characters according the NTFS spec can be found here

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@craigwims: please close

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