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Windows 10/11 CIFS clients unable to open files that have more than 260 characters

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS
  • Microsoft Windows

Issue

A Windows 10 or 11 client tries to open a file with a name that contains more than 260 characters and windows is unable to open it

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