Confluence WebDav problem with long path access

Question

Hello, I have a problem with viewing Confluence content using WebDav. I do not see the content of subpages when the path to this content is longer than 255 characters. I know that this is probably a limitation of Windows. Confluence is installed on Windows, users use Windows. Is it possible to circumvent this problem? I set the value to 1 in the file Computer \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ FileSystem \ LongPathsEnabled but it did not help

Tom Murphy_rt9vbx · Answer

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Diego_88dj6o · Answer

Hello there Tomasz!

You are right when you point out to this being a Windows Limitation. The workaround found here seems to be applicable to Windows 10:

260 character Explorer path length limit

There is also an explanation on how this came to be within Windows here:

Why does the 260 character path length limit exist in Windows?

And an official page from Microsoft about this subject:

Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces

Let us know your thoughts!