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Windowss XP - Is there a way to change the MAX_PATH value for pathname/filename? I want to reduce it to 220 characters.

I have a problem accesssing user data that meets the 255 character limit when accessing it via DFS-Root. Adding the DFS-Root path to the file forces the the pathname to exceed 255 characters and can not be accessed or deleted and causes file recovery from shadow copy to fail.

Is there a Group Policy or Registry key I can set/modify?

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That's what I thought. As you have correctly surmaized it is Word 2003 that is creating these long file names. I really find it hard to comprehend why Explorer does not support 32kb pathname as it is the driving force behind Windows. Try shutting down Explorer in Task Manager then try accessing your Desktop!