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File History and Long Path Names
Shawn - or anybody that knows...
Can you tell me if FH manifest is Long Path aware?
(Sorry - All the FH .manifest files I can find are binary, not text)
I am trying to help a dyslexic user with memory problems (memory as in "brain", not "bytes")
Her system is Win 10 Home, and I'm sure the default max path applies.
She has a huge folder tree which breaks the ~256 byte limit many times.
Her file and folder names are long, with space separated words - all the things you should avoid.
As a result, Win 10 File History falls over with a long path length error
I'm recommending her to use regular monthly Reflect Image backups
with the FH service to backup her user data as per the FH defaults
I'm hoping that FH is in fact Long Path aware
- after all it adds 29 bytes of timestamp to every filename from what I can see
I plan to rebuild her Windows, and to enable Long paths after the rebuild
as well as trying to get her to use shorter names
- Do you have Any words of advice on this
Spilly
(orig posted to Gen Support, but then I realised the tutorial was in this Category)