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Long file paths in OneDrive for Business
There are lot of dependencies on older code/libraries that have the MAX_PATH limit, and it will take some time before this is supported across the board. If you want some more technical details, read here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx
For the time being, it's all "opt-in", for Windows, Office, ODFB...
Thanks Vasil,
I am not sure what you mean all opt-in. Longpaths work in the tenant, and LongPaths work on my Win10 PC with the reg dink. What doesn't work is the Word app when I try to save a file to a path longer than 260 characters. So all my research tells me the manifest must contain a line called LongFilePathAware, or something to that affect. I am not sure where I need to go to alter that for Word, or Office or OneDrive for Business. Because this feature is out now, I would expect MS to include this in the Office suite? If opting in means alter the manifest, could that location be provided for Office and OneDrive so I could do that myself?
Means you need to enable the corresponding options/reg keys in Office, ODFB, Windows, for proper support.
I asked our TAM about this and where to find and alter the Office products. I was informed this is something MS is working on and the Office suite will take advantage of the extended paths in a future version update of Office.
The fix is expected to be released in the build version 16.0.9209.1000+.
