Unable to truly enable Long Paths (>260 chars)

[Jayesh Matekar]

I have a project environment that has many recursive folders, entire folder/file path of which eventually is more than 260 characters which is a standard limit set by windows.What I Tried:1. Updated 'LongPathsEnabled' registry key2. Updated Group Policy Editor -> File System -> Enable win32 long paths3. restart of the machine & gpupdate /forceCurrent Status:Now, I'm allowed to create new files/folders in a long path (>260) but ONLY FROM CLI. When I try the same thing from GUI, it prompts the error "Destination Path Too Long"Why I need to be able to create folder/file from GUI:I'm

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