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Windows 11 long path limit
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Apparently, there is still nothing, except Linux.
But I am stuck on windows, and my brain can't handle dual boot stuff.
I constantly reach the limit, and I have MCI (memory issues) ans I need long path.
I wish if folders in windows could have like a metadata tags like description and search tags and I could view the description by tool tips
And years ago.
I found a solution BUT it wasn't robust enough.
Lots of options on Linux.
Maybe as a workaround you could add loose files with the rest of the filename and metadata into the folder, if you're only dealing with long folder names?
What are loose files?
Files in the folder containing the rest of the data. Like cutting the folder name in half and having the rest of it as the filename of a .txt file inside it.
That's what I do but it's not practical anymore.