Remove Box Drive path limit 260 characters in Windows
Support longer than 260 character paths in Windows for Box Drive as this not a limitation in Windows but a limitation in Box Drive
Due to Box user rights logic, we often have very long folder paths and file names. Our all workstations are Windows 10/11 workstations. Most of our users prefer the Box Drive solution over the Box.com web app.
This leads to a situation where often paths in Box Drive are longer than 260 characters.
Windows supports MAX_PATH which lifts the 260 character restriction: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry
This instruction is referred in the Box instructions on this topic that state the 260 restriction
https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044196773-Troubleshooting-Uploads-to-Box
https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043695854-Windows-Specific-Limitations-for-Box-Drive
We would request that Box Drive would support longer paths in Windows workstations.