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It may backfire on you trying to enlarge the path length. User machines will not adapt and may not be able to use the long paths. <br />
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Best solution (always) is to shorten the path. I have not seen anything from Microsoft suggesting they are going to change.
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It may backfire on you trying to enlarge the path length. User machines will not adapt and may not be able to use the long paths.

Best solution (always) is to shorten the path. I have not seen anything from Microsoft suggesting they are going to change.

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I need to change the maximum path length on a Server 2012 R2 Standard. What is the best way to do that?<br />
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Any suggestions are appreciated.
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I need to change the maximum path length on a Server 2012 R2 Standard. What is the best way to do that?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Change Path Length

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.