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The WindowsForum thread discusses the issue of encountering a "Filename too long" error when copying a game from an external hard drive on Windows 10. Multiple users suggest solutions including following tutorials, using the Long Path Tool, or employing command-line methods like 'subst' and PowerShell to manage long file paths. The overall sentiment favors using specialized tools like Long Path Tool as effective solutions to overcome the long filename problem.
The WindowsForum thread discusses the issue of encountering a "Filename too long" error when copying a game from an external hard drive on Windows 10. Multiple users suggest solutions including following tutorials, using the Long Path Tool, or employing command-line methods like 'subst' and PowerShell to manage long file paths. The overall sentiment favors using specialized tools like Long Path Tool as effective solutions to overcome the long filename problem.
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kemical
Essential Member
kemical
Essential Member
Nice suggestion and hopefully there is a free version:
Long Path Tool 5: advanced long path files manager
Long Path Tool 5: advanced long path files manager
You can also use the subst command.
subst <VirtualDrive> <Physicaldrive>
Then subst <VirtualDrive> /D to remove it
Example
subst T: C:\Windows\System32
So now the file C:\Windows\System32\test.txt has a path T:\test.txt
Same thing but with PowerShell
New-PSDrive -Name T -Root C:\Windows\System32 -PSProvider FileSystem
and to remove...
Remove-PSDrive -Name T
subst <VirtualDrive> <Physicaldrive>
Then subst <VirtualDrive> /D to remove it
Example
subst T: C:\Windows\System32
So now the file C:\Windows\System32\test.txt has a path T:\test.txt
Same thing but with PowerShell
New-PSDrive -Name T -Root C:\Windows\System32 -PSProvider FileSystem
and to remove...
Remove-PSDrive -Name T
pnamajck
Honorable Member
i was gonna' suggest just moving it to the boot directory, rather than child-folders … in most cases it would be C:\filename instead of C:\Windows\System32\filename … however seems all the other suggestions are spot on as well. oh … and remember to scan that file with your chosen av as well as virustotal.com and malwarebytes and anything else you wanna' throw at it … create system-restore point … and watch the installation-interface as well.
Joshua Brigs
New Member
Long Path Tool is the perfect utility that can solve all the long path issues. It allows you to delete, copy and rename long path files.
