Fix Paths Too Long Automatically

Path Too Long Auto Fixer v5.1 - is the 1st tool that discovers, reports and auto corrects filenames and paths that are too long to fit under the Windows MAXPATH 260 character limit

Path Too Long Auto Fixer is the 1st tool that discovers, reports and auto corrects filenames and paths that are too long to fit under the MAXPATH 260 character limit in bulk. 
Be sure all your back-up files are copied. Other tools make you go through hundreds of files, one-by-one, renaming and copying them somewhere. Who has time for that now-avoidable activity? Save a huge amount of an IT administrators time to correct this.

The most common way to get the path too long error is to have a too many sub-directories. For example the path below has 20 sub-directories! This is known a as deep directory and is very common in many work place shared drives, downloads and files shared on other operating systems (Max\Linux). The other common way is a filename is just too long.

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Cleanly exiting and restarting Windows File Explorer

Windows 8+

Cleanly Killing the Explorer Task

To cleanly exit Explorer process in Windows 8, right-click on task bar while simultaneously hold down keys <Ctrl><Shift>, to reveal Exit Explorer.

Windows 8+

Restarting the Explorer Task

Windows 8 Task Manager comes with a built-in option to direct restart Explorer.

To get this feature, simply follow these simple steps:

1. Right-click on Taskbar and select Start Task Manager or press <Ctrl><Shift>keys.

2. Make sure you are on the "Processes" tab.

3. Now look for "Windows Explorer" process. As soon as you click on it, you'll get a new button "Restart" at the bottom-right corner of the window.

Windows 7 & Vista

Cleanly kill Explorer Task

To cleanly exit Explorer process in Windows 7/Vista, right-click on the Shut down button  while simultaneously hold down keys <Ctrl>, to reveal Exit Explorer.

Windows 7 & Vista Hack Way we all have used

Restarting the Explorer Task

To restart Explorer, the best tool to use is Process Explorer by Microsoft Windows Sysinternals.

Sysinternals is a specialty division exploring advanced system utilities for Windows IT Professionals.   

1. Download and unzip to c:\windows\system32 folder.
2. Run procexp.exe, and right-click on explorer.exe task and select Restart.

Windows Sysinternals Process Explorer download latest version

Windows Sysinternals Process Explorer page